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Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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The bestselling author of "Encyclopedia an Ordinary Life" returns with a literary experience that is unprecedented, unforgettable, and explosively human. In the ten years since the publication of her beloved, groundbreaking "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life," #1"New York Times"bestselling author AmyKrouse Rosenthal has been quietly tinkering away. Using her distinct blend of nonlinear narrative, wistful reflections, and insightful wit, she has created a modest but mighty new work. Why the title"T extbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal"? Because the book is organized into chapters with classic subject headings such as Social Studies, Music, Language Arts, Math, etc. Because "textbook" is an expression meaning quintessential, as in, "Oh, that wordplay and unconventional format is so typical of her, so textbook Amy." Because for the first time ever, readers can further engage with a book via text messaging. Because if an author s previous book has"E ncyclopedia"i n the title, following it up with a "Textbook"would be rather nice.Not exactly a memoir, not just a collection of observations, "Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal"is an exploration into the many ways we are connected on this planet andspeaks to the awe, bewilderment, and poignancy of being alive."
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Hosted book club today! Loved this book and all the moments of connection and joy the author spread during her life.

BookBabe What a gorgeous spread! You know how to throw a book club party! 2y
AvidReader25 @BookBabe My love language is cheese. 😆🧀 2y
BookBabe @AvidReader25 😂🙌🏻 Same! 🧀 😋 2y
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AvidReader25
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A good mix of books during this big month of transition in our house. 📚

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Rosenthal finds the beauty in the mundane & reminds us to cherish each moment. The book is even more poignant when you find out she died. I loved the interactive elements. You can text a phone number & vote in surveys & receive audio clips. I've never felt so connected to a community of readers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Just look at us, all of us, quietly doing our thing & trying to matter. The earnestness is inspiring & heartbreaking at the same time.”

AvidReader25 Pic in my favorite reading chair outside my office building. I haven‘t been able to use it since pre-COVID. Between the wonderful book and returning to that peaceful spot, I couldn‘t stop smiling! 3y
Megabooks Looks like a great spot!! 😁👍🏻 3y
BkClubCare Oh! This book. Had to go read my review which was only a few paragraphs in a monthly post and thank you! That post showcased some FABULOUS books I read (Oct 2017). I am so glad I blog abt books so I can read those past thoughts and because I have had the chance to connect with wonderful people like you. Hugs 🤗 3y
AvidReader25 @BkClubCare Yes! I love how books connect us no matter where we are! 😊 3y
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Sudhanya.K
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I didn‘t really love Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, most likely because it was a novel inverse or because it was mature and for adults. The book was pretty confusing, but there were some subjects and topics the author said that were relatable and funny. I think when I‘m older I‘ll try reading it again and maybe then I‘ll understand more of the book.

Cfischbuch It‘s okay to bail, and to recognize when a book isn‘t what you were looking for. Have a look at your to read list, or ask friends who have been known to give good recommendations. Good luck with your next pick. 3y
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This book was sweet, quick, interactive and brought tears to my eyes. I loved the parts prompting a text, that brought me to a video or sound clip, to curate a feeling the author was intending. It is obvious she was a beautiful loving soul who wanted everyone to live a spirit-lifting, lovely life.

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megnews I loved this and her Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. Her kids books was very creative too. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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I can‘t bear to rip out the page, so I‘m sending to all of you who happen to read this!

caffeinated.wayfarer I found Hilary Clinton‘s book “what happened” in a book exchange in Fiji and the OG owner wrote a paragraph and then asked the next person to do so and so on. I left it in a little free library & chose no to include my email. I sometimes wonder where it ended up. 4y
Cosmos_Moon @caffeinated.wayfarer interesting! It would be neat to see what is written in that book now. I just realized Amy Krause Rosenthal died in March 2017, only 51 years old 😢 4y
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Cosmos_Moon
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Just starting this #bookspin... looks like it will be quite a different reading experience!

i.besteph Looks interesting. Stacked! :) 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Oooh! Color me intrigued! 😍 4y
Cosmos_Moon @AnotherMissBennet @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I just found out the author died in March 2017 at only 51 from ovarian cancer. The text messages are automated back with links, but on the website it has another number to text for a personal message. I feel bad I text for a personal message. Also, the link doesn‘t always go to the right place. Had to search to find the referenced sounds. This one has sounds for chapters https://www.textbookamykr.com 4y
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Oh no, that‘s sad to hear. 💔 Was this her only work? 4y
Cosmos_Moon @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm no. She has published more than 30 children‘s books, made short films and was a contributor on Chicago‘s NPR. Her other memoir is 4y
i.besteph @Cosmos_Moon oh no, that‘s really unfortunate to hear. I hope her books will help her live on forever in her readers hearts. What a tragedy! 💔😔 4y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Izzy would like to present to you today‘s Dollar Tree finds 😻

Meaw_catlady 😻😻😻 4y
LeahBergen Izzy looks thrilled. 😆😆 4y
ljuliel Such a beautiful kitty. 4y
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OrangeMooseReads @LeahBergen yeah she does lol 😆 4y
OrangeMooseReads @ljuliel thank you ☺️ 4y
Crazeedi Izzy is adorable 🐱❤ 4y
OrangeMooseReads @Crazeedi thank you ☺️ 4y
AlaMich Izzy is decidedly unimpressed with your choices! 😆 4y
OrangeMooseReads @AlaMich yeah that RBF gives her away every time lol 4y
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3.5/5
Quirky, charming and interactive book. I wanted a bit more, but still fun to read. Felt like talking to an old girlfriend.

#ReadHarder2019

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monalyisha
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an even bigger (& smaller) & even more beautiful soul than I knew. Her memoir confirms this. Reading it reminded me of something Sylvia Plath wrote in her journal: “Living with him is like being told a perpetual story: his mind is the biggest, most imaginative I have ever met. I could live in its growing countries forever.” What must it have been like to live in her world, day after day, & not only for 32 (or 317) pages?🌈

JoScho Hey lady! Surprise I am your partner for the witch swap. It said it was delivered on the 10th. Did you get it? 4y
monalyisha @JoScho Hello! And yes! (I‘ve been super busy. I officiated a wedding this weekend! But I‘ll finally have time to take a picture & post it in the next day or two! 🖤🎃) (edited) 4y
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monalyisha
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How is it possible that these are the near-final words on the penultimate pages of this memoir? 😭

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monalyisha
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Part of me wants to frame these words & hang them.

I could do a series.

This selection; then Merricat‘s “Melody, Pegasus, Gloucester” (is that tempting fate?); & finally, Mary Oliver‘s “One, Wild, & Precious.”

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monalyisha
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“About my midlife crisis. I did not get a sports car... I did get: weepy, chronically weepy. I wouldn‘t describe the origin of my tears as “Boo-hoo, I‘m so old,‘ but more, ‘Oh my, here I am, living, and I would like to keep on living, preferably perpetually‘... I didn‘t exactly have a midlife crisis. I had a midlife cry-bliss.”

😭😭😭

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monalyisha
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💖 All of the Above 💖

Chrissyreadit ❤️I love that!!! 4y
alisiakae 💜💜 4y
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monalyisha
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Working on my Major Author/Illustrator project for my Children‘s Services & Materials class, & reading the tagged. I was supposed to focus on an author I don‘t know very well. I might be cheating a little. I mean, I don‘t know *everything* there is to know about Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Can one person truly ever know another? 🤔🤓

#sorrynotsorry #authorcrush #RIPyouwonderwoman

TheBookHippie Ack. She was so amazing. 4y
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Lola
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The first time I read this little book, I posted about a contemporaneous experience with serendipity, which Amy loved as much as I do. I‘m listening to the audio now (which is wonderful) and got to this part. Not 20 minutes before, I read an article about the 25th anniversary of Shawshank 😮 Image from the PDF that accompanies the audiobook.

gradcat I love this! So funny! 5y
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Lola
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I read this on paper and loved it but listening to her read these words, written entirely before she was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer that would take her life at 51, is something else. If you haven‘t read her Modern Love column, You May Want to Marry My Husband, you should. But have the Kleenex ready before you start. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/style/modern-love-you-ma...

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Eggs Nice one ☝️ 5y
megnews Me too!! 5y
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I finished reading this today, and loved it so much! I got this for the #BookRiotReadHarderChallenge: an epistolary novel or collection of letters prompt, and I'm so glad I read this one! This is full of short thoughts, notes, and ideas addressed to the reader.

Crazeedi Is that a hibiscus?? Its gorgeous!❤ 5y
CoffeeNBooks @Crazeedi Yes! I love hibiscus, so I planted them by my pool. 🌺 5y
Crazeedi @CoffeeNBooks lucky you!! 5y
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I just started reading this book today, and I laughed when I read this. I do this. So, to my #LitsyLove and #JustBecause friends, I'm sorry if I offend you with my little arrows showing you where to read next, lol! 😂

stephothebesto I just did that on a Teacher Appreciation Day card for my colleague. It's real! 5y
cobwebmoth I do this too! 5y
Bklover Oh, me too!!! 5y
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Cheshirecat913 Haa, I do that too. Thanks for the chuckle. 5y
Reagan Guilty 😊 5y
Wife I do it too! (And probably won‘t stop😉) 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤣🤣🤣 5y
UwannaPublishme 🙋🏻‍♀️ Guilty! 5y
Nute Same!😉 5y
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megnews
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7 5⭐️ reads this month!

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Good work!! 📖💖 5y
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Pick. Pick. Pick. This is the 2nd Amy Krouse Rosenthal book I‘ve read & her second & last “grown-up book.” She died a short time later. I feel like sobbing because her writing is both so real & down to earth that I feel like I just lost a friend. But I also feel like she‘s the type of person whose family would say, “Don‘t cry. She would want you to be happy.” It is our loss that we only have 2 books from her but we are richer for them.

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monalyisha This is on my list! Her NYT “You May Want to Marry My Husband” *destroyed* me (& I love her picture books). I‘m so happy to see a glowing review. 🌝 5y
megnews @monalyisha Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is wonderful too. I love her unique format choices. I so wish we could have seen what she would have come up with next. (edited) 5y
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#GetMovin Day 23: There are #NoExcuses to a life well-lived. Here, AKR wrote quite movingly about loves, family, friendship and all things in between. Paired with husband‘s chicken afritada.

eanderson That looks yummy! 6y
Cinfhen #HusbandsofLitsy your guy is a real 💎 6y
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GlassAsDiamonds
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Lovely - breezed through it but enjoyed every moment. Parts feel like prose, parts feel like poetry and parts feel like confessions between lifelong friends. The indescribable Music section might be my favourite, just for the laughs, but pick this up, you won‘t regret it. Highly, highly recommended 😊

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The amazing light Amy Krouse Rosenthal passed away in March 2017 at the far too young age of 51. The above page is from her memoir Textbook so any Litsy people scrolling past, to honor the spirit of this amazing writer: I‘m choosing to give it to you.

❤️❤️❤️

kgriffith How incredibly touching. Thank you for bringing this into my world today 💜 6y
kgriffith Also, looks like you‘re an ereader and a paper reader — do you think (aside from not having the actual page to tear out in this case) anything would be lost by getting the ebook vs paper? I‘m trying to pare down my physical library, and Litsy isn‘t helping 😋 6y
CarolynM Thank you. I like the way she thinks❤️ 6y
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GlassAsDiamonds @kgriffith *wrong* person to ask (well, maybe not...). I‘m dedicated to physical books, to the extent to shipping them around the world as we move but I bit the eReader bullet for books and magazines that simply aren‘t released in India, for free/ discounted BookBub Books and because Amazon India or the post and delivery services here damage *everything*. I have found it hard to contextualise depth (page count) and miss fonts. I also miss the 6y
GlassAsDiamonds @kgriffith experience of holding a book, turning the pages and since I use bookdarts, pulling one off a shelf to find passages I‘d marked. I suppose it‘s a depth of interaction I find missing with eBooks. I mainly use the kindle app on an iPad because I hate the page tuning effect of the e-ink kindles use, sends me cross eyed & I do find them all more of a strain on the eyes than a 📚. The majority of my reading is still physical books. 😊😊 6y
GlassAsDiamonds @CarolynM 😊 It‘s a lovely book - I know already it‘s going to be a pick 😊 6y
GlassAsDiamonds @kgriffith a further note on eReaders. I read on an old iPad but I live in India at the moment. While they‘re common at home, it‘s an extremely pricy luxury item here & not something I could read from with safety all over India. Perhaps an old kindle would be fine but for all they‘re praised for travel, many don‘t consider how much of a target the obvious luxury goods make you in various places, even large cities...not a problem with a paperback! 6y
kgriffith @GlassAsDiamonds That makes sense. Thanks for such a thorough and thoughtful response! 6y
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JessFerg
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Oh, SO the delivery truck. #readingimpaired

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"If you are the hundredth person to do so (text author with a purple-flower-moment), I will bake you a pie and FedEx it to you. You will have to trust me on this."
#iLovePie #PieInLit #readinginbed

BkClubCare Am sad. Just found out that this author died in March. I was just getting up the nerve, trying to find the nerve to text her. Omg. I feel a bit bereft. 6y
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LibrarianRenee
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Listening.

Kelly So good. 7y
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❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

monalyisha This part reminded me of the They Might Be Giants lyrics: “Everyone dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful.” 4y
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Kelly
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Vacation read #2!

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So happy I made it to the post office before the rainstorm (which quickly moved on) because I got the delight of bookmail! A friend sent me a tee with the book - such fun. Made my day.

scripturient Book mail is the best mail. :) Did my letter get there? I should be there by now. :) 7y
BkClubCare @scripturient - yes! Just today, just now! 📬😍👏🎉. The postmark was for Aug 31 in Providence Rhode Island (likely the big local US postal sorting facility) but why it took 6 more days to go 15 miles south, I do not know. 😃 (edited) 7y
scripturient Ah okay, then I'm relieved- I was afraid it had gotten lost. 😅 7y
BkClubCare @scripturient - You had a grand time; thanks for telling me all about it. 7y
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This was such a unique book. Interactive (you can "text" Amy & connect with others reading the book through a website) and so clever, it reads like a love letter to her life. The world lost a great writer and human being this year.

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I'm a huge fan of Amy's writing and I love that I can "text" her throughout this book. So bittersweet knowing she's gone now ?

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kyraleseberg
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I have one of those super cute grandmas that gives you a check every year for your birthday in the amount corresponding to your age :)
I cashed my check and headed for a book sale and came home with these books from my TBR 📚

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Perfect audiobook for my hour long drive to a library board meeting! Very funny!

Lola I loved this little gem. Get ahold of the print/e-book if you can-lots of whimsical drawings and a few photos. I read it but want to listen to the audio, too as it's narrated by AKR herself. 7y
Bks4Wrms Library Board Meeting 👍🏻 7y
Lacythebookworm @Lola Yes, she mentioned the PDF that accompanies the audiobook. I'll definitely have to check it out! 7y
Lacythebookworm @Bks4Wrms I'm on our state library association board so I get to travel to the meetings every other month or so. It's interesting to see what's going on in libraries around the state. 😊 7y
Bks4Wrms That's cool! I've been a library board trustee for my local library for 2 1/2 years now and next month I am becoming the library board prez. 😬😳😊 7y
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Lola
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Short, sweet and thought-provoking with an interactive component that's still live at https://www.textbookamykr.com/. Reading this after the author's recent death was especially moving. #serendipity #honey

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Lola
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Um....guys....there's a #honey packet in my car's cup holder that's been there since I ordered tea at Starbucks a couple of months ago...for the first and only time ever. I do not know why I haven't tossed it yet. I think about it every time I get in the car. Ya know that Book Serendipity thing I just posted about?....😮

Jinjer 😳 7y
LauraBeth Have you become attached to your honey packet? 😂 7y
Lola @LauraBeth I'm beginning to wonder! I look at it every time I get on the car and think, "I have to throw that away" and yet I never do. Maybe it's been waiting for this very moment so I could post about it here on Litsy. Perhaps now that it's served its purpose, I can actually follow through and throw it away ? 7y
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LauraBeth @Lola but then as soon as you do, you'll need it 😂 7y
Aswenson Hilarious! And spooky... 😁 7y
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Lola
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I adore what I call Book Serendipity-those little reading moments when,for example,something you never heard of pops up in two books in a row. Or something you just read about makes its way, out of the blue and completely unexpectedly into your real life. In fact, I just commented about it on Litsy yesterday. So it's a bit of a Meta Book-Serendipity moment when this book, that I randomly started reading today, has a whole bit about Serendipity ❤️

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I love this little book. And, I love Amy Krouse Rosenthal's soul. What an awesome outlook on life she possessed. I have no doubt she is missed by many. ❤️🌈

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Please read this. Pretty much every page made me say, "oh, Amy."

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You can text this book and it's super cool but also hard — hard to read Hi, it's Amy, knowing she just died.

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I liked this book! Lots of gems of wisdom and truth here. Yes, lots of white space too. But I see that as an invitation to collaborate and get out a pen to write in the book! That's what I'm doing! #loveforanykrouserosenthal

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I see this and tear up!

SuperPunkNinja 😅😅😅 7y
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ginabeirne
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RIP AKR