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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Tracy Manderson

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love: Written by Lisa Jones Gentry as Told by Their Son Joe Steele
4out of 5 stars

Forbidden love written by Lisa Jones Gentry is the first book that I have read by this author and this book was unique and different to what I read. The characters are well written, but I was a little disappointed in them.
This is a true story of Father William C. Grau, a Black Catholic Priest and Sister Sophie Legocki, a White Polish American nun, who in the segregated fifties, defied the church and society with their passionate secret love affair that lasted for nearly a decade and gave birth to a son, Joe Steele.
The Archdiocese sealed is adoption records because they didn’t want him or anyone else to find out that his parents where a priest and nun. Joe is a Harvard College and Harvard Business School graduate and successful Global Development Consultant and Executive Coach.
He finally reunites with his birth mother, Sophie, and finally hears of the passionate love that she and his birth father shared, often risking their lives to be together. Joe also learned for the first time how after his adoption, Sophie and Father Grau continued their love affair when she moved into the Rectory to live with him as his housekeeper until his death in 1964. Joe and Sophie grow closer as he too shares his life as the beloved youngest son in his nurturing and loving adopted Steele family in Cincinnati.
This was a good book and I recommend it….
Tracy
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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Erica Fish

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love:Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele is a story of forbidden love. It is a sweet romance story, but at the same time it is a story that makes your heart grow just a little bigger knowing the whole story. Joe Steele had a story to tell and Lisa Jones Gentry listened and wrote his story. There was a couple of strikes against Sophie and Billy. They both belong to the Catholic religion one as a nun and one as a priest. Not only is Billy a priest, but he is also a African-American in the 1950’s. There are some rough roads that Billy and Sophie had to deal with their romance story. Out of their story, there was a baby born to the nun Sophie. This is a real-life story which cause my emotions go on a roller coaster ride. I did read this in one sitting and had a box a Kleenex by for my tears. I hope you find this story as beautiful as I did. Happy Reading.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Star
Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele is a wonderfully written story romance story that will take you on one heck of an emotional rollercoaster ride. This story is about Joe’s birth parents and how he came to be . I found myself lost in the pages and couldn’t stop reading till the end. There were moments I had to grab for the tissues. What an emotional and heartfelt reminder of how different times used to be. William and Sophie he’s a Priest and she’s a nun both knew the consequences if they were to be caught but continued their to keep their relationship a secret. These two had a son .Find out what happens next in this absolute must read. Be prepared to be taken on a emotional journey..

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Jana Teppih

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love: Written by Lisa Jones Gentry as Told by Their Son Joe Steele is a book that stays with you for a while. When I started reading it, I felt as if something or someone reached out and grabbed hold of my heart and started squeezing it and never let go …
Forbidden Love tells the story of Joe Steele’s parents – Father William Grau and Sister Sophie Legocki. You got it right; it is a story of forbidden love between a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun. Their story is an emotional journey and it is not just their story, it is also Joe’s story as everything William and Sophie did, had an impact on his life and on their lives … the pain of giving away your child… how does one live with the kind of pain … In addition to the personal story of his parents, Joe also gives us he story of the time his parents and himself grew up in that gives us even deeper understanding into who they were/are … You will not regret picking up a copy!

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Angela Hayes

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

Forbidden Love: Written by Lisa Jones Gentry: As Told by Their Son Joe Steele is a true story that tells a tale of love, vows, religion, race, segregation, and a long running passionate affair. This romance between a priest and a nun, produces a child who is put up for adoption. This is his story of how he discovered who his birth parents were, and how they defied the church, and society with the love they shared.
This was an interesting story. Told from the perspective of Joe Steele, their son. A story of how love always finds a way, and doesn’t discriminate. Well worth the read!

Thank you, Lisa Jones-Gentry!

 

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Karyn Taylor

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well what can I say about Forbidden Love by Lisa Jones Gentry: As Told By Their Son Joe Steele? This book is like nothing I’ve ever read and I was totally consumed by it and did not want to put it down. How dare I have to go to work and spoil my reading pleasure.
Forbidden Love is the true story of Black Catholic Priest William Grau and white nun Sophie Legocki. The story is being told by their son Joe Steele. The story comes from conversations with Sophie as she lay on her hospital bed nearing the end of her life and also Joe’s own memories.
This is a beautiful story of forbidden love. Forbidden in more than one way. Firstly William (or Billy as he is known) is a Catholic priest and Sophie is a nun. Secondly, their love started in the USA in the 1950’s when race relations were at their worst. A black man and a white woman together was a major taboo and Billy and Sophie faced danger many times when they were seen together.
Reading this book it is obvious that Billy and Sophie were deeply in love with one another. As devoted as they both were to God, their love for each other was so deep that they could not be apart. As forbidden as their love was, even as a Catholic myself, I wanted this couple to be together, They deserved to be together.
This book is wonderful. I would 100% recommend this book and I guarantee that you will be moved by this beautiful love story.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Elizabeth Sanchez

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Let me start off by saying, I loved reading this book! It is a great story, and the fast that its a true story, makes it that much better. At first I was worried about the way it is written, a series of flashbacks, inside of flashbacks, and from 3 points of view. But Lisa Jones Gentry did a wonderful job keeping it all straight and making it flow smoothly. I highly recommend this book. It tells the scandalous story of how Joe Steele came to be. He is the product of a black man and a white woman, which is scandalous enough in that time, but to make things more interesting, his father was a Catholic priest, and his mother a nun. Joe was adopted, and as an adult, found out who his birth mother was and had limited contact with her. When she is sick and in the hospital, he is listed as her next of kin and is called to the hospital. They use that time for his mother to tell her story. Of how they came to meet, fall in love, and the heart wrenching act of putting their child up for adoption, and coping with the after effects of it. Wonderfully written, and brings out so many emotions.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Tausha Treadway

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele. This is a true story and its a very emotional love story. Its the story of Father William Grau, a black Catholic Priest and Sister Sopie Legocki, a white nun who defied the church in the 50’s and had a passionate love affair that lasted a decade and produced a son Joe Steele. Joe learns from his birth mother all about their relationship and all the secrets they shared. Joe was eventually put up for adoption by his birth mother and was raised in Cincinnati by the Steele Family where life was amazing. For anyone that has been touched by adoption this story is for you. Its full of heart wrenching decisions and live made whole by adoption. Joe Steele ended up graduating from Harvard Business School so he was a very successful adoption story. This book will have your emotions all tied up but its a beautiful story.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Madison Degraffenreid

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele

5-Stars

Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele was a wonderfully written book. It was easy for me to fall into this story as Joe shared his biological parents’ story. Their love of God and the romance that developed between them was beautiful. I truly felt the emotion behind this story and felt it the entire time I was reading. I loved how the different scenes were organized and dated accordingly. It was easy to know where the story was taking place and also what year. I absolutely loved this book and I highly recommend it.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Rachel Moss

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love is the kind of romance story everyone wishes they had. Told in the eyes of Joe, he recounts the story of his birth parents and how he came to be. Deeply touching, heartfelt and romantic, it’s a book you won’t want to put down! This book also does a good job of describing how the colored people were treated, while showing that we have improved as a society, there is plenty of room for improvement.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Heather Lovelace

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was unsure what I would find within these pages. But certainly I was unprepared for the emotional journey I would embark on these words. Emotional, and powerful, the book was a rollercoaster for me. I wasn’t sure how the story would unfold but found the plot fascinating and the characters very interesting. Given that this is a true story, I was intrigued to follow the plot to conclusion. I really enjoyed this book.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Mirela Ruiz

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele was a very deep read. I give this book a four out of five stars. I found the time period captivating and the struggles very present. I was drawn in on pure emotion and struggled to keep it together through some parts. The point of view was unique and definitely adds an element to the story. The religion is there but I was more captivated by the characters, their lives, and the time period. I am not overly religious I knew just enough to understand the drama that was present when picking this book up.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Rebecca Hankins

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love is a powerful and emotional love story about a black priest and a white polish nun. They went against everything society told them was acceptable to be together, and a decade later they had their son Joe. Joe was adopted by a loving family as an infant but wanted to began his journey to learning about his birth parents, his first meeting with his mother was beside her hospital bed in intensive care. Sophie, his birth mother then told him all about her relationship with his father and the obstacles they had to overcome and how they made it work. The ending will be have you feeling so many emotions but it’s worth the read.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Liz Vrchota

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love was a departure for sure from most novels I choose to read. However, identifying as Catholic I find myself drawn to stories that pertain to the faith. This book is the beautiful and heart-wrenching story of a priest and nun who find love with each other when they are supposed to be vowing their love to God. It of course goes against their very beliefs but sometimes love is stronger than anything else. It isn’t an easy road and the story is told from the point of view of the couples son. He shares the dark and nitty gritty details with no holds barred. I would give it a go if you find yourself loving forbidden romance with a realistic twist. Overall this was a solid four star read for me.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Kerry Baker

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love by Lisa Jones Gentry is a brilliant story of two people who by design should not be connected and yet fate stepped in to change their lives.
I loved that this was all based on a true story. It really made me feel much more connected to the story and the characters. The author has an amazing way of telling this story that makes you feel like you are right there experiencing everything with them all.
I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book at all but I am so glad that I gave it a go. This has to be one of the best books that I have read this year and cannot recommend it enough.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Susan Mowdy

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Never have I ever read a book like this! This was a beautifully written story about Father Grau and Sister Legocki and their forbidden attraction. Not only is it a priest and a nun frowned upon to have any relationship but they fell in love during the time where it were a black man with a white woman would not be accepted in the eyes of society. I was completely hooked by this emotional journey and one I don’t think I’ll forget anytime soon! You grow to love these characters and I kept forgetting that they took vows and all of this was forbidden and you just wanted to root for their love!

This book is a definite must read!

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Heather Harmon

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Forbidden Love is the true story of Father William Grau, a black Catholic priest, and Sister Sophie Legocki, a white Polish-American nun who, in the segregated fifties, defied the church and society.”

This book is a real page-turner! I couldn’t stop reading, This story really does touch your heart and makes you want to know what happens next. While reading you’ll really feel like you know Joe, William, Sophie. If you have experience with Adoption and or segregation you’ll be able to relate to this book. I’m very impressed with how well Mrs. Gentry filled her pages with so many great details without overwhelming the readers.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Maura Harper

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As racism and bigotry rears its ugly head in America again, I am reminded that “acceptance” is a relatively new phenomenon when you look at the timeline of the country.

FORBIDDEN LOVE is the true story of a nun and a priest, told in past and present tense. This is a book that was told to the author by the man who was a product of the FORBIDDEN LOVE. This is a fascinating story and I found myself searching online for more information.

This is an intricate story that is riveting and one that I will just say it is absolutely worth reading and researching a little more.

Review by @mauraharper

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Jenni Bishop

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love: Written by Lisa Jones Gentry: As Told by Their Son Joe Steele is a romance story that tells of two people who gave their vows to God but found love with each other in the process. The story is told in the son’s POV and is a tale of love and hate, a tale of people from completely different backgrounds and ethnicity and a son who struggled in the world. It is an emotional read as everyone struggles with the lives, they find themselves in. The book shows that love does not discriminate between anyone when you find it. It shows that no matter what, it does prevail and then sometimes it doesn’t. Love is not meant to hurt and if you are a religious person you will probably shun these people for something that everyone deserves no matter who they are.

It is an interesting and unique read and I recommend you give it ago.

Reviewed by @jennadb

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Jonell Collins

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh, what a wonderful little love story this was. I love to see courage from real people in real life. It’s a wonderful thing to see that there were some people that knew all along that there was only one race and it’s the human race. In Forbidden Love by Lisa Jones Gentry as told by their son Joe Steele, the love and devotion of Sophie and Billy was truly inspiring. There are a few physical situations that might make some people uncomfortable, but it’s tastefully done. This real-life story is better than any fictional romance I have ever read. I think you’re going to like this one.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Laura Furuta

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele
5 out of 5 stars

The story Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele is a book that had me hooked from the very beginning. It tells the story of Father William Grau and Sister Sophie Legocki. They had an attraction to each other and fell in love in a time that a relationship between a black man and a white woman was not accepted. Not only that a relationship between a priest and a nun was not approved of. William and Sophie’s story is one that while they knew the consequences if they were caught, continued their relationship and kept it secret. They even had a child, a son named Joe. The story is an emotional journey and mine went up and down the entire time I was reading the book. I grew to care about William and Sophie with each chapter that I read. There are heartbreaking and heartwarming moments in this story. Joe is also a character that I enjoyed getting to know. I also enjoyed the talks with his birth mother and the memories of growing up in Cincinnati that he shared with her. This story made me think about the time that William and Sophie lived in and if I could be as courageous as they were. Don’t miss out on a story that will warm your heart. I highly recommend reading it. This is a book that is hard to forget, and I found myself thinking about it even after I had finished.

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Forbidden Love; Written by Lisa Jones Gentry, As Told by Joe Steele – Review by Bobbi Wagner

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a romance story about a couple who fall in a forbidden love relationship. This book took me on an emotional roller coaster of various emotions that kept me turning pages until the end. I had a hard time putting this book down once I started it. The characters are engaging and connectable. I enjoyed how this book was told in POV of the son and told with so much emotion. I highly recommend reading this book, it will pull at your heartstrings and warm your night.

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Forbidden Love is the true story of Father William C. Grau, a Black Catholic Priest and Sister Sophie Legocki, a White Polish American nun, who in the segregated fifties, defied the church and society with their passionate secret love affair that lasted for nearly a decade and gave birth to a son, Joe Steele. Joe, a Harvard College and Harvard Business School graduate and successful Global Development Consultant and Executive Coach, now understood why the Archdiocese had sealed his adoption records. When he reunites with his birth mother, Sophie, he finally hears of the passionate love that she and his birth father shared, often risking their lives to be together. Joe also learned for the first time how after his adoption, Sophie and Father Grau continued their love affair when she moved into the Rectory to live with him as his housekeeper until his death in 1964. Joe and Sophie grow closer as he too shares his life as the beloved youngest son in his nurturing and loving adopted Steele family in Cincinnati. Forbidden Love is the inspiring true story of a love that would not be denied proving that true Love will always triumph. Forbidden Love was written by Lisa Jones Gentry, an NAACP Image Award and Literary Critics Nominated writer. She is also a screenwriter and television Executive Producer and attorney and an honors graduate of Harvard College and The Harvard Law School.

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People would consider Lisa Jones Gentry, the author of “Forbidden Love” a true renaissance woman, because the former entertainment attorney, became an artist, author, creative executive, and writer-producer for film, television and digital content…

Lisa discovered her passion for the creative side of the business while serving as broadcast counsel at CBS in New York City, where she was the lead attorney on deals ranging from multi-millions to billions, such as the Olympics and Major League Baseball deal. But her Hollywood calling changed from “behind-the-deal” to “behind-the-laptop”, and ultimately moved to LA to break into the business as a writer-producer. As luck would have it, the first film script that she and her writing partner wrote was optioned by Paramount.

For the next four years they had several screenplays and teleplays optioned and set up at networks and studios, including development deals. She then took that creative experience and brought it to her position as EVP of Development for the stalwart Western International Syndication, formerly a division of renowned Western International Media, once the largest media buying entity in the world. Charged with expanding the company’s traditional roster of syndicated programming into network and cable, she executive produced over 100 hours of television in various formats and genres, airing on broadcast and cable. She also structured a joint venture between French broadcasting giant TF-1, Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Western for the international distribution of a one hour dramatic series.

Though “behind-the-deal: again, she didn’t stop her work behind-the-laptop and during that time wrote her first novel, “A Dead Man Speaks.” It garnered her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Debut Author, followed by a Literary Critics Award nomination for best general fiction. And her creative roll continued with a First Look Deal for Lisa and her writing partner at Sony Pictures under their Screen Gems banner.

With the cataclysmic changes in the “business,” like many other writers and producers, it wasn’t long before Lisa expanded her focus to digital media and due to her writing and executive experience was recruited to be the CEO of Comedy Express, a start-up broadband network targeting the young adult male demo. Ultimately, Comedy Express was acquired by the famed National Lampoon.

Following the acquisition of Comedy Express, Lisa not only managed to write another book – this time as a co-author of the nonfiction, “So You Want to be A Lawyer,” now in its second printing -she continued her expansion into digital media and technology and worked as Co-CEO of another early stage start-up company that launched two 24/7 television networks on cable, IPTV and satellite networks outside the US in Europe and Asia. Today, Lisa is a frequent speaker on technology and digital media, at the Tribeca Film Festival, the FCC start up conference and many other venues.

As if all that she’s done isn’t enough, Lisa is also an accomplished artist, and has been exhibiting and selling her work for several years. She has had worked featured in television series and TV Movies and buyers of her work have included on air talent, Arthel Neville and television Executive Producer, Samm Art Williams.

And while she loves exploring her artistic side, Lisa has no intention of slowing down her writing, as she continues to flex her creative muscle with several TV and film projects that she’s developing as well as her current book, “Forbidden Love,” the true love story of a white nun and a black priest in the segregated fifties as told by their son Joe Steele.

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