A PROMISE FOR MIRIAM (VANNETTA CHAPMAN)

Story Description: 

Amish school teacher, Miriam King loves her students.  At 26, she hasn’t met anyone who can convince her to give up the Plain school at Pebble Creek.  The newcomer Gabriel Yoder steps into her life, bringing his daughter, an air of mystery, and challenges Miriam has never faced before. 

My Review: 

Miriam King and Esther Schrocks taught together in a one room schoolhouse.  The two teachers looked similar in appearance, had the same temperaments and could have passed as family.  Esther was engaged to marry Joseph.  Miriam was still single and it bothered her that other people thought she should be married, but it was her own choice to remain unwed. 

Miriam taught grades one to four and Esther taught grades five to eight.  This particular morning a tall man neither teacher had ever seen before entered the school room holding the hand of his daughter.  He had a long beard which meant he was married.  The little girl’s name was Grace and she was eight-years-old, her father’s name was Gabriel Miller.  They had just moved to the area and purchased old Mr. Kline’s rundown farm on Dawson Road. 

Gabe chose to live a solitary life with little Grace after his wife, Hope died.  He wasn’t keen on making new friends in Pebble Creek.  He was a good carpenter and planned to repair the old dilapidated farm on his own and he wasn’t going to ask for help from anyone.  He and his daughter had left Indiana and come to Wisconsin to escape the looks of sympathy and now he had what he wished for – a new beginning with Grace.  

It didn’t take long for Miriam to realize that Grace didn’t speak.  She was very concerned and stopped at Gabe’s farm after school to inquire why he didn’t tell her that Grace doesn’t speak.  Gabe was quite put out and didn’t have an answer other than “she’ll speak when she’s ready.”  With that Gabe told Miriam he’d mind his business and she should mind her own then wished her a good-night.  Miriam decided the child had a right to speak and since she spoke before, she thought between herself, Doc Hanson, and even Gabe, Miriam was determined to set that voice free. 

A sudden and severe snowstorm blew in.  Everything for as far as the eye could see was blanketed in white yet the snow kept falling, heavily, and would for hours to come.  Gabe had to get to the barn to tend to the animals and told Grace she was to stay inside unless she needed to use the outhouse.  If she did she was told to hold onto the guide rope there and back.  Grace instead decided to go outside and play with her pet mouse, Stanley.  Stanley got away from Grace and by the time she found him she was lost in the forest.  Later that evening when Gabe realized how long he’d been gone from the house he hurried back only to find the house empty.  He called Grace’s name over and over, checking every room in the house.  He quickly discerned she must be in the outhouse but didn’t find her there either.  Realizing he needed help, he drove his horse to Miriam’s home and she sent out the signal that all the neighbours were needed.  Soon a massive search was underway in the middle of a blizzard for little Grace. 

Did they find Grace or was she another loss in Gabe’s life?  How does Miriam fit into the picture with Gabe? 

This was an exciting and well-written story that I would recommend to my friends. 

Thank you to NetGalley for the preview.  To be released July 2012.

BEYOND HOPE'S VALLEY:A BIG SKY NOVEL (TRICIA GOYER)

Story Description: 

After an extended stay in Montana, where Amish traditions are different than in her home state, Marianna Sommer returns to Indiana for two reasons, first to help her brother and his girlfriend prepare for a baby and their wedding.  Second, to plan her own wedding to Aaron Zook -- a marriage she’s been dreaming about ever since childhood.  And yet, although she had missed the idyllic farms and families of her upbringing, Marianna is surprised that Indiana is somehow making her long now for Montana.

As months pass, secrets that were hidden in winter’s frozen grasp thaw and take on a life of their own.  The truths about a child, about a past relationship, and about God’s plans are being revealed. Walking through a valley of questions, Marianna must hold on to hope as she decides where and with whom her heart truly belongs. 

My Review: 

This is the first Tricia Goyer novel that I’ve read and found it to be very disjointed.  The story line was difficult to follow, was very slow in places, and just didn’t hold my attention.  I found my mind wandering while reading and kept having to go back over the same material.  A disappointing read. 

Thank you to NetGalley for the preview copy.

LOST MEMORY OF SKIN (RUSSELL BANKS)

Story Description: 

The author of Continental Drift, Rule of the Bone and The Sweet Hereafter returns with a very original, riveting mystery about a young outcast, and a contemporary tale of guilt and redemption. 
The perfect convergence of writer and subject, Lost Memory of Skin probes the zeitgeist of a troubled society where zero tolerance has erased any hope of subtlety and compassion.  Suspended in a modern-day version of limbo, the young man at the centre of Russell Bank's uncompromising and morally complex new novel must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration.  Known in his new identity only as the Kid, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to go near where children might gather.  He takes up residence under a south Florida causeway, in a makeshift encampment with other convicted sex offenders.   

Barely beyond childhood himself, the Kid, despite his crime, is in many ways an innocent. Enter the Professor, a university sociologist of enormous size and intellect who finds in the Kid the perfect subject for his research. But when the Professor's past resurfaces and threatens to destroy his carefully constructed world, the balance in the two men's relationship shifts. Banks has long been one of our most acute and insightful novelists. Lost Memory of Skin is a masterful work of fiction that unfolds in language both powerful and beautifully lyrical. 

My Review: 

The Kid strolls into a public library one afternoon and enlists the help of a librarian to look up sex offenders in his area.  After typing and clicking for a couple of minutes, a map of his mother’s street comes up and along with it a mug shot of the Kid himself.  The librarian recognizes him immediately but isn’t afraid.  However, the Kid is and he beats it out of there and returns to his home under a Florida Causeway with the other sex offenders. 

He rides around on a Raleigh three-speed bike that he keeps locked to a pillar when he’s not using it.  He’d stolen the bike, taken it apart and spray painted it and bought a black carbon steel cable lock for it. 

The Kid also has a pet Iguana that he has leashed to a cinder block.  His name is “Iggy”.  When it was young it was only 8 or 10 inches long, bright green and cute.  Twelve years later it’s the length and weight of a full-grown alligator – six feet head to tail and twenty-seven pounds, but no longer cute.  Iggy was the only creature other than himself that he had ever cared for and he decided to care for it the way he wished someone had cared for him – as if the iguana were a human child and he were its parent.  

The Kid is a loner and prefers to keep it that way.  In his mind he’s a one-and-only one of a kind.  And even among loners he’s unique. Singular. 

Local folks don’t know him and even if they knew his real name it wouldn’t change how they treat him unless they looked it up online which is not something he wants to encourage.  Like most of the men living under the Causeway they are legally prohibited from going online.  But the Kid can’t get away as he has a GPS monitor clamped to his ankle.  One of the other guys under the Causeway has a generator and buys fuel for it and runs it every night from seven till eleven and sometimes later depending on business.  He has it wired to a twelve-volt outlet surge protector and all the residents pay him a dollar each to recharge their cell phones if they have one and their anklet batteries.  If you don’t recharge your anklet battery you violate a key term of your parole and you go back to jail. 

The Kid’s mother’s name is Adele but isn’t married to his biological father who was a roofer.  After he was born his mother had boyfriends pretty constantly who lived in her house with her and the Kid for up to six months on a few occasions but none of them stuck around long enough to claim the Kid as his own or take responsibility for educating or protecting him.  Adele needs men to want her but she doesn’t want men to need her – not even the Kid.  Although she does know that and would deny it if asked.  She feels she’s done what she can for him and is therefore not responsible for how he turned out. 

He visited his mother’s house only when she wasn’t home and he would gather food supplies, use the toilet, and every few days to shower and do his laundry.  Most of the time when he wasn’t at school or taking care of Iggy or the two of them were just sitting there staring at each other he watched pornography online and charged it to his mother’s visa.  He had a full-time job at a lighting store after he graduated right up until he enlisted in the army.  

One day the Kid meet the Professor who is studying homelessness and is well-known in the community as an absolute genius.  At this point the story takes off in a whole other direction and for me, almost seemed like two different books!  It became this convoluted mumbo-jumbo that ruined the entire book.  I was deeply disappointed and had a very difficult time finishing.  I only finished because by the time the Professor surfaced I’d invested a lot of time in this book.  I’m not sure I’d recommend this one to my friends, at least not without a warning.

INTERRUPTED:A LIFE BEYOND WORDS (RACHEL COKER)

Story Description:

Can love really heal all things?  If Sam Carroll hadn't shown up, she might have been able to get to her mother in time.  Instead, Allie Everly finds herself at a funeral, mourning the loss of her beloved mother.  She is dealt another blow when, a few hours later, she is sent from Tennessee to Maine to become the daughter of Miss Beatrice Lovell, a prim woman with a faith Allie cannot accept.  Poetry and letters written to her mother become the only things keeping Allie's heart from hardening completely.  But then Sam arrives for the summer, and with him comes many confusing emotions, both toward him and the people around her.  As World War II looms, Allie will be forced to decide whether hanging on to the past is worth losing her chance to be loved.   

My Review: 

Allie, 13-years-old stumbled outside half-asleep with her mother to look at the stars in the night sky.  Allie’s Mama wanted her to be a writer someday.  Allie was born in 1925, the same year her Mama turned forty-seven.  Mama always referred to Allie as her “miracle baby”.  All they had was each other.  

The next morning there was a knock at the door and when Allie opened it, much to her surprise was Sam Carroll.  “Happy Birthday, Allie are you fourteen now”?  “Yes”, replied Allie.  “Are you having a party”?  “No!”  “Are you expecting anyone else then?”  “No!”  Allie’s Mama directed the two of them out to the backyard to drink lemonade.  After pouring it into their glasses, one of Allie’s Mama’s hands began to shake.  She crossed her hands and put them behind her back and she was shivering.  Sam was thoroughly enjoying the homemade chocolate chip cookies that Allie had made.  It was her grandmother’s recipe. 

Allie and her Mama lived in Tennessee and Allie loved to sit outside to watch the sunset and take in the magnificent beauty of the Tennessee hills.  Allie took out her sketch pad and new set of chalks and began filling in the colours of the sinking sun going down behind the old white church.  Fiery red, burnt orange, creamy yellow.  

In the middle of the night Allie was suddenly awoken by a shrill screaming which she immediately recognized as her mother’s.  Hurrying to her Mama’s room she tried to soothe her as best she could.  Mama saw a bird and a snake but Allie told her they were both gone now and she was safe – Mama asked Allie: “Will you stay with me tonight?”  Allie swallowed a lump in her throat and replied: “Of course, Mama.  I’ll stay.” 

The next day, Sam came calling after being away visiting his Aunt Rachel for 3 weeks he was going to go on another picnic today with Allie and her Mama. 

Six years ago, Mama’s husband had left her and Allie, and now Mama had brain cancer and was dying.  There was no one to take care of her except Allie.  Dr. Murphy told Allie that her Mama: “...showed all the symptoms of brain cancer. Possibly even a tumor.”  Mama was dying and Doc Murphy told Allie she had to be: “…prepared for anything.”  The doctor also told Allie that without treatment, her Mama would decline quickly until she had to feed her, dress her, and take care of her full-time.  Allie, nor her Mama had enough money to pay for the treatments.  Allie’s job was to make her Mama happy in order to keep her with her.  The doctor said that as long as Mama could remember she’d be fine.  But she couldn’t remember. 

Mama fell out of a tree, she’s always doing crazy things and now she is in the hospital.  Dr. Murphy told Allie there was nothing he or Allie could do for her other than keep her comfortable.  He said he could arrange at-home-care with nurses working around the clock so Mama could die at home.  Mama’s breathing was becoming laboured and poor Allie was saying: “No, no! with all my heart I beg God to help her.  Fix her.  Heal her.  I’ll do whatever it takes.  Just please. Please don’t take her from me.”  It suddenly dawned on Allie to play the piano, she had been practising for her birthday.  She walked to the piano and began to play the cheeriest song she knew.  Song after song she played, her fingers stumbling as her tears threatened to burst forth. 

Mama had stopped breathing and Allie knew it, but shoved it down deep in her chest, refusing to believe it.  But on August 14, 1939 Mama died and Allie wished she had her back.  She felt like all the happy things in the world had died except for her. 

A Mrs. Pamela Dewsbury introduced herself to Allie at the funeral and said she was from the adoption agency.  She instructed Allie to pack her things so they could catch the six o’clock train.  Allie was going to live with what Mrs. Dewsbury called a compatible adult.  Allie was also informed that the majority of her things would be sold in order to pay for Mama’s funeral.  She was only allowed to take one suitcase of things with her, and she must leave her beloved cat, Daphne, at home as she was going to Maine! 

Soon they pulled into an unfamiliar driveway, they met Allie’s new caretaker, Miss Beatrice.  She was a middle-aged woman, about 50 or so, tall and very skinny with graying hair, high cheekbones, and blue eyes covered by steel gray reading glasses.  

After spending her first night in Maine, Allie awoke to a breakfast of oatmeal.  Once breakfast was done, Miss Beatrice took Allie on a tour of the huge beautiful home she now found herself living in.  Then Miss Beatrice took Allie to one of the “poshest” stores she had ever seen.  She purchased a Sunday dress, four or five school dresses, night things, underthings, and shoes.  Allie had never worn such fine clothes. 

The next stop they made was “Goodey’s” restaurant where Allie met Irene Goodey, Miss Beatrice’s daughter.  She and her husband, Daniel where given the money by Beatrice to start the restaurant up.  Allie suddenly felt very alone, tired, homesick, and empty.  Next stop was Allie’s new school, 9^th Grade and she’d made a friend already, Charlie, short for, Charlotte. 

At the end of her first full day, Allie sat down on the window seat and wrote her deceased mother a letter:  “Sept. 19, 1939…They sky is alive tonight, Mama with thousands of sparkling stars.  Usually they’re grand and silent, but tonight they’re feisty and bold.  The last one on the Big Dipper keeps winking at me!  I know you said heaven doesn’t exist, Mama but I wish I knew where you were right now.  I heard a little girl once say that her baby sister died and became a star…Are you a star now, Mama smiling down on me?  Why did you leave me, Mama?  Why?  Why did you leave me by myself?” 

Soon Sam Carroll shows up a Miss Beatrice’s door, he is staying next door with his Aunt Rachel.  Come to think about it, have you wondered yet just how Allie ended up being adopted by Miss Beatrice who just happens to live next door to Sam’s aunt?  Keep reading, this is a powerful story and one that will tug at your heart-strings. 

Although this novel was geared for ages 15 to 18, I found it highly enjoyable and would recommend it for both youth and adults.  Great read! 

THANK YOU to NET GALLEY for the preview copy!

GIANT GEORGE:LIFE WITH THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DOG (DAVE NASSER WITH LYNNE BARRETT-LEE)

Story Description: 

With his big blue eyes and soulful expression, George was the irresistible runt of the litter. But Dave and Christie Nasser's "baby" ended up being almost five feet tall, seven feet long, and 245 pounds. Eager to play, and boisterous to the point of causing chaos, this big Great Dane was scared of water, scared of dogs a fraction of his size and, most of all, scared of being alone.

GIANT GEORGE is the charming story of how this precocious puppy won Dave and Christie's hearts and along the way became a doggie superstar. In 2010, George was named by Guinness World Records as the Tallest Dog in the World-ever. He appeared on Oprah, and even has his own global fan club. But to Dave and Christie, this extraordinary animal is still their beloved pet, the one who has made them laugh, made them cry, and continues to make them incredibly happy. 

My Review: 

Dave and Christie Nasser wanted a Great Dane puppy but soon realized that there weren’t any Great Dane pups in their area of Tucson, Arizona.  As a matter of fact, there weren’t any in all of Arizona, period.  Christie perused newspapers from their old homestead in California and found an ad placed by a woman in Oregon.  After calling the woman, she emailed them photos of the entire litter of 13 puppies.  Twelve of the pups were all huddled together but one was standing alone by himself.  He was the “runt” of the litter but was also the “perfect colour” – blue!  Not only was his fur blue but so were his enormous eyes.  Dave and Christie immediately asked the woman to email a larger photo of this particular pup and they instantly fell in love.  They made arrangements to fly the Great Dane puppy from Oregon to Phoenix, plus shelled out $1,750 for the pup.  The flight was two hours and the poor 17 pound puppy arrived in his crate, terrified. 

On the way to the airport, Dave and Christie had settled on calling the newest member of their family, George.  Christie didn’t have the heart to put George back in his crate for the ride home after a terrifying ride in the hold of the plane in the dark, so she allowed George to lie in her lap instead. 

After a sleepless evening the first night home, the Nasser’s learned quickly that George didn’t like sleeping in his crate alone in the kitchen.  The second night they moved George’s crate into their bedroom where he was much happier. 

Dave and Christie never dreamed George would grow to be so big, as a matter of fact, he is now the “world’s biggest dog – ever!”  At 14 weeks of age he already weighed an incredible 34 pounds.  At 5 months, George weighed as much as a fully grown Labrador.  He appeared to be growing at a phenomenal rate of “one pound per day.”  (Great Dane “Adult” males usually grow to around 150 pounds).  By 9 months of age he weighed a whopping 147 pounds and still had two years of growing to do. 

In August 2006, George had hit doggy “puberty”, he was a “teenager” and became “rambunctious, moody, and almost psycho”.  George had discovered his “manhood” and began to hump everyone and anything in site! 

I loved that Dave Nasser made a point of saying: “..you knew when George liked you…his displays of affection could have you pinned temporarily against a wall or a piece of furniture”.  It was: “George’s version of a bear hug”. 

This is an endearing, heartwarming true story.  It will make you laugh-out-loud and you’ll be clambering for more and more.  Don’t miss this exceptional story of a dog who grew to be 245 pounds and whose heart is as big as the open sky! 

You can also check out Giant George’s own website at:

 http://www.giantgeorge.com/home.html  

THANK YOU to NET GALLEY for the preview copy.

YELLOW CROCUS:A NOVEL (LAILA IBRAHIM)

Story Description: 

Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as
quickly and surely as the milk from her breasts. Although my family
‘owned' her, although she occupied the center of my universe, her
deepest affections lay elsewhere. So along with the comfort of her
came the fear that I would lose her someday. This is our story...

So begins Lisbeth Wainwright's compelling tale of coming-of-age in
antebellum Virginia. Born to white plantation owners but raised by her
enslaved black wet nurse, Mattie, Lisbeth's childhood unfolds on the
line between two very different worlds. Growing up under the watchful
eye of Mattie, the child adopts her surrogate mother's deep-seated
faith in God, her love of music and black-eyed peas, and the tradition
of hunting for yellow crocuses in the early days of spring. Yet
Lisbeth has freedoms and opportunities that Mattie does not have,
though the color of the girl's skin cannot protect her from the
societal expectations placed on women born to privilege. As Lisbeth
grows up, she struggles to reconcile her love for her caregiver with
her parent's expectations, a task made all the more difficult as she becomes increasingly aware of the ugly realities of the American
slavery system. When the inequality of her two worlds comes to a head
during an act of shocking brutality, Lisbeth realizes she must make a
choice, one that will require every ounce of the courage she learned
from her beloved Mattie. This compelling historical novel is a richly
evocative tale of love and redemption set during one of the darkest
chapters of American history. 

My Review: 

Twenty-year-old Mattie was summoned to the big house to become a wet nurse for a white woman’s baby.  Mattie was instructed by the housekeeper, Mrs. Gray to call the newborn babe, Miss Elizabeth.  She was then taken to a dimly lit room where she was to stay while caring for the baby.  Given only 2 dresses and 2 nightgowns, it was made clear that her clothing would only be washed once every week.  Emily, the second-floor maid would bring Mattie her meals 3 times each day.  Mattie was told by, Mrs. Gray that becoming a “house slave” was a privilege. 

Poor Mattie was forced to leave her own 3-month-old baby, Samuel.  Her poppy was caring for him and her friend, Rebecca another black slave, was being a wet nurse for her precious son.  This pained Mattie terribly.  Cut-off from her own baby to care for and feed a white woman’s baby was heartbreaking for her. 

Ann Wainwright was, Miss Elizabeth’s mother and they lived on a Tidewater plantation which was hours away from her real home.  Her husband, Jonathan and their family lived in Fair Oaks in Virginia and the plantation sat on the northern bank of the James River. 

Mattie was only allowed to see her own baby on Sunday’s and then forced to return to Miss Elizabeth first thing Monday mornings.  Hardly enough time for a devoted mother like Mattie to spend with her son. 

Back in Fair Oaks, land grants were given in proportion to the number of people a grantee imported to tame the land.  Commander Theodore Pryne had the money to bring 30 European and Africans as indentured servants, so he was given 1500 acres to plant.  All of the indentured servants agreed to work off their debt for 7 to 15 years.  After that they would be released and given 5 acres of land, a bushel of seed, and the freedom to pursue their own fortunes in the New World. 

Quickly the landed gentry realized that their plantation would not be profitable if they paid their workforce.  Unfortunately, Mattie’s African ancestors were not turned free or given the means to farm for themselves but instead held in perpetual bondage. 

Family lore said that Mattie’s paternal great-great-great grandfather would have been free had the Virginia Assembly passed a law in 1705 clarifying once and for all the status of African’s  in a colony.  It said that all servants imported and brought into the country who were not Christians in their native country would be accounted as slaves. 

Mattie continued to nurse Elizabeth until she was weaned and put on regular milk.  She then became her full-time caretaker.  As she grew, Elizabeth learned to have a deep love of God and faith.  She had an incredible sense of right and wrong, thanks to Mattie. 

Elizabeth’s mother, Ann, was a strict woman and raising Elizabeth to be a proper lady.  When she was 12-years-old she began to attend dances and forced to dance with the list of young men whose names were written down on her dance card.  Elizabeth really enjoyed the company of Matthew Johnson but her parents had other plans for her.  They were determined that Elizabeth would marry Edward.  His family was well-known in society, they were rich, and ran and owned the most beautiful mansion of all. 

Once Elizabeth turned 19, the proposal was made and wedding arrangements began.  Elizabeth wasn’t happy.  A week before the wedding, Elizabeth caught her fiancé, Edward raping a young black slave girl.  She was utterly disgusted and screamed for him to leave the girl alone.  Elizabeth was now more than ever determined not to marry this man, but what would her parents say and how is she going to get out of this wedding? 

Ms. Ibrahim has written a beautiful and compelling story of slavery, love, courage, hope, and learning that the reality of slavery was wrong.  I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to others.

CHASING THE SUN (TRACIE PETERSON)

Story Description: 

When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.  Wounded soldier William Barnett returns to his home only to discover that his family's ranch has been seized.  Though angry and bitter at this turn of events, he's surprised to discover that it is a beautiful young woman with amazing fortitude who is struggling to keep the place running.  Hannah, desperate for help, and William, desperate to regain his family's land, form an uneasy truce.  But nearby Comanche tribes, the arrival of Confederate soldiers, and a persistent suitor all threaten the growing attraction that builds between them. Will they be able to set aside their own dreams and embrace the promise of a future together? 

My Review: 

The year is 1863 and twenty-four-year-old, Hannah Dandridge is holding down the fort at the ranch her father acquired on the Texas plains.  Her father had set out for their old homestead in Vicksburg to see his ailing mother but it seems he never made it and is now missing in the war-torn area of Mississippi.  Hannah is caring for her younger brother and sister:  eight-year-old, Andy and five-year-old, Marty.  Her father was a lawyer and shared the business with one, Herbert Lockhart and he is determined to marry Hannah. 

William Barnett, a wounded soldier, shows up at the ranch one day to find Hannah and her siblings living at his ranch!  Hannah doesn’t understand what is going on and tells William that her father was given the ranch for his help with the Confederacy.  William informs Hannah that she is living on his ranch and that a terrible mistake has been made.  Hannah is sure her father is now the rightful owner of the ranch, but William tells her that her father was given the ranch in error.  This causes a somewhat uneasy relationship between the two.  Hannah had a heart and wouldn’t see William put out so she allows him to stay at the ranch until the matter can be sorted out.  She realizes if her father doesn’t return home, she will need help to keep the ranch running and marrying would mean a way to guarantee her future and that of her siblings.  Will she accept Herbert’s proposal as a way to ensure her future or is Hannah feeling more drawn to William even though their relationship feels awkward? 

There is a lot of action is this well-written novel.  I absolutely despised Herb Lockhart as he was an extremely arrogant, rude, uncouth, and egotistical man.  I was rooting for William throughout the story. 

This is my first Tracie Peterson novel and although the story was well-written, I found it to be a bit preachy but that wouldn’t prevent me from reading another of her novels.  I would recommend this novel to other folks. 

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