Its like talking to a good friend over coffeewho has a really wild, hilarious, and moving life story. Still, the quality of his memoir, I.M., is notable. After a head injury afflicted the author with amnesia, she learned that this had happened before: decades ago, her mother took a fall that left her with amnesia, and when she recovered, she gained access to the secrets. The first woman to know the secrets, Rojas Contreras mother inherited them from her father, known to the family as Nono, a Colombian community healer renowned for his ability to communicate with the dead, predict the future, heal the sick, and move the clouds. In between anecdotes about warring parents, travelling, fame, films and debauchery, Greenlights bulges with lists, photos, poems and notes scrawled with fortune-cookie homilies, all part of his basic philosophy that he likes to call livin theres no g on the end of livin because life is a verb.. This memoir penned by Houston, Texas resident Mary Jane Gonzales catalogues her experiences living with chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS). Now 23% Off. In one standout essay, Wong recounts her struggle to access Covid-19 vaccines as a high-risk individual. Each self-deprecating chapter ('I Start Bleeding!' 'I Become Furry!' 'I Don't Know What To Call My Breasts!') is an occasion to explore how, from puberty through senescence, the modern female body has become a series of problems to be solved usually at great expense to its inhabitant."--. To any young men out there who arent too far gone, Fitzgerald writes, I say youre not done becoming yourself.. Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic by Robert D. Ballard. While it probably wont win a Pulitzer, any fan of 80s rom-coms will still find this delightful! Becca Freeman, co-host of the Bad on Paper podcast. Sunshine Girl illustrates how Margulies's challenging childhood shaped her into the person she is today. Available August 17, 2021, From the perspective of her childhood self, New York Times bestselling author and civil rights litigator Qian Julie Wang recounts life as an undocumented Chinese immigrant living in poverty in America. After six decades of Hollywood superstardom, it's difficult to imagine that anything could remain unknown . Offline, shes likely watching a Heat game or finding a new coffee shop. In this gripping true crime story about the Last Call Killer, who preyed on New York City's queer men during the 80s and 90s, Green . "Open" by Andre Agassi. HQ . They say the amnesias were a door to gifts we were supposed to have, Rojas Contreras muses in this poetic memoir. Error rating book. A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered. Who Is Hasnat Khan, Princess Dianas Boyfriend on Season 5 of The Crown. 1.5 Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. At once a love letter to a land of big dreams and bigger lies and a clarion call for change, South to America will change how you understand Americas past, present, and future. A woman with some secrets and the chief of police have different ideas about where things are headed. Shell be crowned alongside her husband King Charles at the Coronation. Robert D. Ballard is best known for amazing discoveries in the ocean, from new species to locating the wreck of the Titanic. This was one of the best books I read last year, and I'm not alone in that. It's blisteringly honest and vulnerable, pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy. A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee. by Molly McCully Brown. 1. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump. But the highs are there toolike his 50-year marriage to actress Joanne Woodwardas well as the mysteries of making art, and the imponderable of being a human being. All told, the memoir is an extraordinary act of resurrection and reimagination. Im coming to grips with the fact that Michelle Obama is not actually my friend Michelle, but Becoming is still one of the best books Ive read. Grace Atwood, founder of TheStripe.com. Here are a few of our favorite memoirs about chronic pain. In this moving, often funny memoir he reveals how he regained his sense of optimism, and reflects on age, family and living with a disability. And maybe like hitting the edge on the way down." American Mother: The true story of a troubled family, motherhood, and the cyanide poisonings that shook the world (Dangerous Women - True Crime Stories) Here, we rounded up the best new memoirs of 2021, from Michelle Zauner's 'Crying in H Mart' to Akwaeke Emezi's 'Dear Senthuran.' Order them here. When Calhoun once went looking for a childhood toy, she stumbled upon a far greater treasure: dusty cassette tapes of interviews recorded by her father, art critic Peter Schjeldahl, who started but never completed a biography of the gone-too-soon poet Frank OHara. The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Bloom. From an accused witch to a thirteen times-married man, her family tree abounds with stories that absorb and appall, but taxonomizing her family history doesnt satisfy Newtons hunger for meaning. Thats just the beginning of The Daily Show hosts remarkable story. Bollywoods silver-screen darling is both at the top of her game and just getting started. From the lateCicely Tyson'sJust as I Am (opens in new tab)to Michelle Zauner'sCrying in H Mart (opens in new tab)to Tyler Cameron's part memoir/part self-help bookYou Deserve Better (opens in new tab), there's a memoir for everyone, ahead. The top five write-in votes in each of the categories become official nominees. Additional write-ins no longer accepted. Previously, she was an editor at Marie Claire, where she wrote and edited culture, politics, and lifestyle stories ranging from op-eds to profiles to ambitious packages. The 22 best memoirs of 2021 include books penned by celebrities Cicely Tyson and Stanley Tucci. Voting opens to 15 official nominees, and write-in votes can be placed for any eligible book (see eligibility below). Sat 28 Nov 2020 04.00 EST If Britain were a building, it would be a crumbling stately home; still grand but decrepit now in parts, its gardens overgrown and its floorboards warped. Hunts many-feathered subject is the things that haunt: art, the dead, the forest, things left unfinished. So she seeks to fill the swirling, vertigo-induced void by telling her familys story, involving her drug-addicted father, who sold heroin to rich Chelsea layabouts, and her alcoholic mother who turned to religion to blot out her trauma. Party Girl: A Novel by Anna David. The result is a revealing self-portrait that answers many burning questions about its reclusive subject, like: where do Murakamis strange and surreal ideas come from? This is faster growth than the adult non-fiction category, which grew 22.5%. Anyone remotely familiar with MacLaine, knows that being outspoken and unabashed is part of her charm. Netflix owes us answers after that ending. Memoirs and Biographies is the #1 best-selling hard copy book, non-fiction book category on Amazon The Story Behind Carrie Bradshaw's Pigeon Clutch. Some memoirs comfort us, reflecting our shared truths, while others challenge us to step outside of our own experiences. Here, the former NYT editor takes readers behind the scenes as a weddings announcements writer and what happened when she began to fall in love herself. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. The travails and challenges of adolescence. Here're some of the best autobiographies for your perusal. Available January 26, 2021, Here, former Nylon Editor-in-Chief Gabrielle Korn shares her career journey in media as a young white lesbian woman and how she navigated the industry's arbitrary definition of success. Olympic medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe shows a whole new side of herself in this memoir, in which she recounts coming out as gay in 2011well before inclusivity in sports was widely discussed, let alone prioritizedas well as her experience of taking a knee alongside former NFL player Colin Kaepernick to protest racial injustice and police brutality. After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door. It all came crashing down when Ken was murdered in a carjacking, sending Hsu into a decades-long spiral of grief and guilt. The Meaning of Mariah Careyby Mariah Carey (Macmillan). Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude (2020) In these tumultuous times, average citizens and leaders alike have been turning to the words . It litigates the case by contrasting the then-president's beliefs and background (pulling often from the Democrat's own best-selling 1995 autobiography, "Dreams from My Father") with the . To call Fields writing vulnerable doesnt give enough credit to the way she recounts with crippling honesty the highs and lows of her personal and professional lives. Available March 30, 2021, In Perdita Felicien's memoir, My Mother's Daughter, the two-time Olympian recounts what came before all eyes were on her at the 2003 and 2004 Olympics: racism, domestic abuse, homelessness, and a transformative path guided by the love of her mother. Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang. Read an exclusive interview with O'Rourkre here at Esquire. get a copy. Check out our list of essentials to make your [] Best . With the actors encouragement, Stern also recorded hundreds of hours worth of interviews with his friends, family, and colleagues. 1 offer from $13.99. At worst, they can be ghostwritten fluff. The writing is as sparkling as the anecdotes are riotous: he stands up Joan Collins for dinner and throws up on Colin Firth. Laird Borelli-Persson, Vogue archive editor, The musical genius and creativity of Prince were cut short all too soon, but Ive enjoyed celebrating his life by reading the memoir he began before his death. In 1961, Bloom's mother, Ivory Mae bought The Yellow House during the height of the Space Race in a neighborhood with a major NASA plant. Dirtbag, Massachusetts opens with his hardscrabble childhood in a dysfunctional Catholic family, then spins out into the decades of jobs and identities that followed. Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) Former president Barack Obama has led a rather accomplished life, it can be said, and now he's got a Goodreads Choice Award to add to the shelf. You wont find much behind-the-scenes Star Wars intel, but you will find an honest, painful account of Fishers experience as a young woman in love and at the mercy of so many patriarchal forces. Cristina Arreola, books journalist, This book of essays from the legendary actress covers everything from Hollywood to motherhood with her signature style and humor. $25 at Amazon. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle. She dives into her days as a Barbie spokes-kid and, bravely, her abortion as a teen, before moving on to her best friendship with Michelle Williams, details of James Francos douchey-ness on Freaks and Geeks, and struggles in her marriage. Here is a review of the 10 best-selling memoirs of all time. In November 2019, Donald Trump Jr.'s book Triggered debuted at the top of the New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller list. Now 49% off. 12 New 2022 Memoirs to Add to Your TBR Pile. Winn moves to Cornwall, where she takes on a piece of farmland for rewilding. In 1980, two hitchhikers heading to a festival were brutally murdered while a third woman survived. In this genre-bending book that plays with time, place and form to depict the . Now, those transcripts have been streamlined into this honest and unvarnished memoir, in which the actor speaks openly about his traumatic childhood, his lifelong struggle with alcoholism, and his tormenting self-doubt. The late, great Katherine Johnson shares her inspiring life story working at NASA as a research mathematician and helping land the first man on the moon in the aptly-titled My Remarkable Journey. Just what do the facts of a life tell us about who we are or where we come from, and what can our personal histories tell us about our national past? In this conflicted sons telling, a complicated man comes into intimate view, as does the mixture of love and rage at the heart of their relationship. Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The beating heart of the book is the story of teenage Fishers secret three-month-long affair with Harrison Ford, then 33 and married with two kids. Comedy from Caitlin Moran, Raynor Winns rewilding tales and how pop music can make sense of the world. As a fellow native New Yorker and NYC mom, Kargmans dishing on the city has always been hilarious and spot-on, even before her show Odd Mom Out came out. Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven. Anyone who has glanced at a bestseller list lately can tell you that we are in the midst of (yet another?) It charts his investigation into the allegations against the film producer Harvey Weinstein, for which he shared a Pulitzer Prize with two reporters at the New York Times. (Doubleday Canada, Kate Yang-Nikodym) In The Skin We're In, journalist and activist Desmond Cole looks at what it's like to live in Canada . Smith has said that she didnt write the book to be cathartic, but to fulfill a vow she made to Mapplethorpe on his deathbed. In Hungry (Mudlark), the restaurant critic Grace Dent tells of her early life in Carlisle, and her relationship with her father, who would cook her sketty his name for spag bol when she was a child. As Glennon Doyle notes, "Unbound is the most important book of the year. Available June 22, 2021, Yes, Tyler Cameron wrote a book. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Her investigation centers on an unfinished novel written by her late father, a Reader's Digest editor; the dead leave clues, and life is a puzzle of trying to read and understand these mysterious hints before the game is over, she writes. New York, In Inferno (Bloomsbury), Catherine Cho documents her experience of post-partum psychosis, which led her to see devils in her sons eyes. Available May 25, 2021, Those who have had read Ashley C. Ford's work know they can expect excellent storytelling in her debut memoir, Somebody's Daughter, where she explores her complex childhood and how it's shaped her into the person she is today. This is the year you'll finally catch a leprechaun. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. 1. In this mixed media memoir, disability activist Alice Wong outlines her journey as an advocate and educator. The 40 Best-Selling Books of 2020, According to The New York Times Best Seller List. Available March 2, 2021, Jessica Zucker, founder of the #IHadaMiscarriage campaign and the respective @ihadamiscarriage Instagram account, continues to destigmatize the emotional, complex experience for so many women in her memoir, I Had a Miscarriage. Terri Whites raw and remarkable Coming Undone: A Memoir (Canongate) describes her efforts to keep a lid on her childhood trauma while seeking comfort and escape in alcohol. Hugely anticipated around the globe, A Promised Land delivers with a surprisingly intimate look back at Obama's historic journey from young . Best Books of 2020. Available October 19, 2021, Emily Ratajkowski expands on the themes of her viral essay in My Bodyan exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power where the model and actress recounts experiences from her own life about the commodification of women and urges society to do better. Brooms award-winning debut, The Yellow House (Corsair), is a history of a house, a family and a neighbourhood brought low by neglect, racism and inequality. Detailing the lunches, movie dates, and nights out on the town that the two women shared before Onassiss death in 1994, Simon highlights the woman beneath the public persona. K.B. Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola. An intimate, open-hearted book, Just Ignore Him tells of the quiet, librarial molestation Davies endured by his father from the age of eight to 13, and the bullying and gaslighting that ensured his silence. A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a 70s rock n roll band. Release date: June 23, 2020; First-week sales: 780,000; In June 2020, President Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton released his much-anticipated book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," full of bombshells about Trump's presidency. Refreshingly literary and offbeata mother-to-be book for firebrands. Scovell names names and calls it like she sees it. M.R. Available September 14, 2021, 
, If you loved The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, you'll appreciate Tucci's latest, Taste: My Life Through Food, where the actor shares personal anecdotes behind his favorite Italian recipes. Audible Editors. She handled the potentially awkward moment with grace. In this heartfelt memoir, Calhoun recounts how going in search of OHara revealed so much morelike the painful complexities of parents, children, art, and ambition. Educated by Tara Westover (2018). I went into Open Book expecting a light, fun read from one of my favorite reality stars (remember Newlyweds?) However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. What better gift than that of a remarkable true story?). Available April 20, 2021, In Stronger, Cindy McCain opens up about her 38-year marriage to the late U.S. Her book veers away from being a heart-warming tale of triumph over trauma; it lays out, with frightening clarity, the spiralling pressures of new motherhood and the unvarnished reality of mental breakdown. In the sequel to It Ends With Us, Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend. The essays in this book are so Jill: Honest, irreverent, slightly dark. A Promised Land. A reimagining of Charles Dickenss David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. Kindle Edition. Penetrating and profound, Lost & Found captures the extraordinary joys and sorrows of ordinary life. Thats the thorny question at the center of this moving and courageous memoir authored by the son of Robert S. McNamara, Kennedys architect of the Vietnam War. Doireann N Ghrofas A Ghost in the Throat (Tramp Press) explores the authors obsession with an 18th-century poem by an Irish noblewoman. 6. 1.7 The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost by Rachel Friedman. by Michele Harper. In this slim and brilliant memoir, Als explores race, power, and desire through the lens of Prince. The Beauty in Breaking. The youngest of 12 children, she had . Gilmour made headlines in 2010 when he was photographed swinging from the Cenotaph during a student protest. For those who prefer their celebrity memoirs with a side of romance, Rapinoe also dishes on her courtship with now-wife, WNBA champion Sue Bird. E.S. All the show tunes! More big biographies and memoirs out this year: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, by Jon Meacham (Aug. 25) JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, by Fredrik Logevall (Sept. 8) Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, by David S. Reynolds (Sept. 29) Let Love Rule, by Lenny Kravitz with David Ortiz (Oct. 6) Angela's Ashes. Grann tells the story of Percy Fawcett, the archaeologist who vanished in the Amazon along with his son in 1925, supposedly in search of an ancient lost city. In Better, Not Bitter, Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five tells his story about growing up in Harlem in the '80s, being wrongfully convicted, and the lessons he's learned throughout his life about the racist systems we live in and how we can combat them. Why didnt anyone want us to share it? These 48 meandering pages are difficult to describe, but trust us: My Pinup is a heady cocktail you wont soon forget. 1. The most life-changing and inspiring journeys often seem to be . Now I spend my days waiting for his presidential memoir-in-the-works. M.R. Whether youre a fan of food, legacy media gossip, or writer Ruth Reichl herself, you'll find plenty to dine out on in this account of Reichls time serving as the editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Gourmet magazine. "Afterlife" by Julia Alvarez. With guts and grace, these authors dive deep into their loves and losses, and come ashore with these dazzling treasures for you to read. A Rhode Island childhood marked by trauma and abuse gives way to an adulthood in the spotlight as one of the most recognizable actresses in Hollywood, and Davis relays the topsy-turviness of her lifes circumstances with a compelling mix of emotional honesty and grace. E.S. Empathy is an absolute necessity for businesses, and this book is a great . Dirtbag, Massachusetts is the best of what memoir can accomplish. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. All the while, he channels his hero, Wilde, whom he describes as the patron saint of anyone who ever made a mess of their life. New to Goodreads? We earn a commission, at no additional cost to you. Former president Barack Obama has led a rather accomplished life, it can be said, and now hes got a Goodreads Choice Award to add to the shelf. By Ellen Gutoskey. #24. Broom's award-winning debut, The Yellow House (Corsair), is a history of a house, a family and a neighbourhood brought low by neglect, racism and inequality. It makes them more accessible and reminds you that at the end of the day, everyone is still human. Add to Wishlist. True-crime fanatics, this one's for you. Their stories are varied, vivid and heartbreaking, each unfolding during one of the most traumatic periods in Jewish history. There was so much love between us, the author muses. Heawood casts herself as the hapless goofball, careering from one calamity to the next, but there is wisdom and poignancy amid the self-mockery as she contemplates a new way of living and finding love where she never knew it existed. Photo-Illustration: retailer. Narrative Nonfiction to Rival Thrillers. While the comedians first memoir was a larky look at his teens, this second one bravely tackles the parts its predecessor missed out. And I did. D.F. Cultural criticism, memoir, and social history collide in Aronowitzs no-nonsense investigation of all that ails young lovers, like questions about desire, consent, and patriarchy. The 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members. Available July 27, 2021, In a devastatingly timely memoir, Saturday Night Live's Cecily Strong writes about grieving the death of her cousin who passed away from glioblastoma and how she's applying the lessons he taught her amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the former, Gilmour finds comfort in the company of an abandoned baby magpie while recalling how his father, the poet Heathcote Williams, left him and his mother when he was an infant, and subsequently rebuffed his sons attempts to get to know him. This isnt that memoir: Agassi, arguably the best player of his generation and certainly the flashiest and most-visible, is remarkably frank here about how much he seemed to loathe the entire experience, which was foisted on him by a kind of ur-Tennis Dad. $15 AT AMAZON. Still, our favorite memoirs of 2022 elevate the form to new heights. Celadon Books Last Call, by Elon Green. Eye-wateringly candid and wildly entertaining, it reflects on looking after elderly parents, anal sex, smear tests, Botox, big bums and the daily to-do list. And listen to us on the Book Review podcast. Broken Greek (Quercus) is Pete Paphidess funny and evocative account of his Brummie childhood as the offspring of Greek-Cypriot parents, and his love affair with music. Rachel Epstein is a writer, editor, and content strategist based in New York City. For the author Sarah M Broom, home was once New Orleans East where her widowed mother, Ivory Mae, bought a house in 1961 with her late husbands life insurance. Tender and witty, the book is both a love-letter to George, whose eventual decline from dementia she recounts, and the food that brought them together. Perry, Barty memoirs debut in top 10. "This memoir by the celebrity chef behind New York's Baohaus inspired the ABC show of the same namebut the book version is far less fuzzy . Later in her life, she would go on to launch the HeForShe campaign and help bring change across the globe. All the dance numbers! Just go along with the music and dont think too hard about it. Chloe Schama, For months after reading this, I had to stop myself from thinking of Michelle as my friend. of all timeinstead, I was blown away by an honest, funny, and touching memoir, which is so rarely the case with celebrity tell-alls. Simpson candidly discusses her recovery journey after years of struggling with drugs and alcohol abuse; she also examines the darker side of her early-fame days as a singer, when she was constantlyand at times, brutallycompared to her counterparts like Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera. When Hsu arrived at Berkeley in the 1990s, a rebellious undergrad obsessed with creating zines and developing a worldview defined by music, he made an unexpected friend. "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood," McCourt writes. Here are the best memoirs published in 2021, from the bestseller "Crying in H Mart" to books from . Most recently, she was the Managing Editor at Coveteur, where she oversaw the sites day-to-day editorial operations. Adrienne Westenfeld is the Books and Fiction Editor at Esquire, where she oversees books coverage, edits fiction, and curates the Esquire Book Club. "Im scared of showing my belly to the world but Ive walked too close to the edge of the diving board to not jump off now," Stanley says, referring to her second book. by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney. But its the chapters on raising teenagers that provide the books emotional heft as they tell of her daughters struggle with an eating disorder, and the parental fear, panic and disorientation that ensued. It makes me smile just seeing it on my bookshelf. Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Dont Have Time to Read Books podcast. Fiction for Food Lovers. Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes. You can read Stanley's interview with MC about her new book here. From Kendra James's 'Admissions' to Viola Davis's 'Finding Me.'. Anderson Cooper. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. I Want What They Have: Emily Ratajkowski and Eric Andr, On Marie Kondo and the Life-Changing Magic of Giving Up, The 70 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time, The Enduring (and Quietly Romantic) Appeal of Sharing a Show With Your Partner, A GuideWith Predictions!To the Best International Films at the 2023 Oscars. Senator John McCain and how they built a successful life together. A pitch-perfect example of the genre, Philipps serves up a funny and unflinching look at being a woman in Hollywood. According to BOOKS-A-MILLION, this is a painful, poetic, and powerful memoir. Memoir, criticism, and cultural history meet in this masterful study of the brilliant Black women who shaped American pop music, enriched by the author's own experiences and memories. The falconer and writer of the best-selling memoir "H is for Hawk" returned with a stunning collection of . Available September 14, 2021, Per usual, Gabrielle Union keeps it real in You Got Anything Stronger?the followup to her first book, We're Going to Need More Wine, where Union discusses everything from her experience with surrogacy to racism in Hollywood. The 'New York Times' best-selling memoir, "My Lucky Star: A . All the essentials: top fashion stories, editors picks, and celebrity style. Available November 9, 2021, Bachelorette alum Hannah Brown shares never-before-told stories about being on the show, the growth she's experienced since, and how she embraces the messiness of life. Politico Magazine 's chief political correspondent takes a deep dive . Books published between November 18, 2020, and November 17, 2021, will be eligible for the 2021 awards. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex 's attendance at King Charles III's coronation on 6 May is still . $35 now 46% off. The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love. 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