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"At age 24, Rupi Kaur has been called the voice of her generation." (USA Today)

“Rupi Kaur has vision beyond her years … Her work is simply but powerfully expressed, and viscerally captures both universal human experience and the particular struggles of a young woman today." (Huffington Post)

Rupi’s poetry is simple, relatable, gorgeous, and grounded in the everyday experiences of young women. (Rachel Grate, Hello Giggles)

"A must-have poetry collection about healing and hope." (Bustle)

Rupi Kaur's first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table. Accompanied by her own sketches, the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of today's modern woman. (Erin Spencer, Huffington Post)

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"Milk and Honey brings any tormented reader to an enlightened state of self-reflection that may have taken years to accomplish alone.”
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Rupi Kaur is a poet, artist, and performer. Her works have taken the literary world by storm. Her second book, the sun and her flowers—an instant global bestseller, is an artistic sibling to her debut, milk and honey—one of America's bestselling books of 2017.

“i am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be told.”

Rupi sees her work as an articulation of this vision. She’s an eternal artist. At the age of five, her mother handed her a paintbrush and said, “draw your heart out.” At seventeen, she happened upon a local open mic night where she performed her first spoken word poem. She fell in love with performance poetry that night. Rupi continued performing across Canada, while building a community of readers and poetry enthusiasts. While studying at the University of Waterloo, Rupi wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first collection, milk and honey. In the years since, milk and honey has become an international phenomenon. It’s sold over 3 million copies, been translated into more than 35 languages, and landed as a #1 New York Times bestseller—where it has spent more than 100 consecutive weeks.

“i am the first woman in my lineage with freedom of choice. to craft her future whichever way i choose. say what is on my mind when i want to. without the whip of the lash. there are hundreds of firsts i am thankful for.”

Rupi explores a variety of themes in her work ranging from love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, migration, and revolution. She’s a storyteller and chronicler—a repository of community and history. There’s a simplicity and nuance to her work that has found a home in the hearts of millions. This magic is captured in her stage performances, which are magnetic musical interactions of poetry, art, and theater. Rupi's long-awaited second collection, the sun and her flowers, was published in 2017 and debuted as a #1 global bestseller. Within the first three months it sold a million copies and was embraced by readers worldwide. She’s a Forbes 30 under 30, an editor of the 2016 Mays Literary Anthology of New Writing from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and one of BBC’s 100 Women. Rupi hopes to continue her artistic exploration through art and poetry—searching for ways to understand and articulate.

i stand
on the sacrifices
of a million women before me thinking
what can i do
to make this mountain taller so the women after me
can see farther
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 144947425X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andrews McMeel Publishing; Reprint edition (October 6, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781449474256
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449474256
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.5 x 7.7 inches

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- #7 in Religious Poetry (Books)
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A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014. Next came its artistic sibling, 'the sun and her flowers' in 2017. These collections have sold more than 10 million copies and have been translated into over 40 languages. Her latest poetry collection, 'home body', debuted #1 on bestseller lists across the world. As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self- produced Rupi Kaur Live, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.

Rupi Kaur has also graced the stage across the globe on world tours, performing her poetry across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe, and more. Intertwined with visuals, music, comedy, and anecdotes, Rupi performs her classic poems and unpublished pieces, tailoring each show to the city she visits.

Rupi’s work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends.

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Customers find the book's poetry compelling and easy to understand, with each piece teaching valuable lessons. Moreover, the book evokes strong emotions and makes readers think deeply about life, while being honest and unafraid to speak the truth. Additionally, they appreciate its healing power, particularly for those recovering from breakups, and its depth, with one review noting how it dives into complex topics. However, customers disagree on the book's appropriateness for young readers.

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Customers find the book readable and lovely, particularly enjoying the collection of poems. One customer notes that the pages are neat and nice, while another mentions it is suitable for both high schoolers and adults.

"These are gorgeous and devastating works of art. Kaur captures a spirit and feeling that is moving, funny and at times a bit dirty. Loved each poem." Read more

"...It validates your trauma, and makes you think. Good one!" Read more

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"...I loved how simplistic it was but so passionate. I liked that it was short form even though my poetry is always so long when I write them...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the poetry in the book, finding it compelling and easy to understand, with each piece offering a lesson.

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"...keeping me on track with my Goodreads challenge, since they are so quick to read! Most poetry books are such amazing reads...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the emotional depth of the book, describing it as soul-searching and heartfelt, with poems and thoughts that break the reader's heart.

"These are gorgeous and devastating works of art. Kaur captures a spirit and feeling that is moving, funny and at times a bit dirty. Loved each poem." Read more

"This book tugged at my heart! Some of the words I put in my pocket and use daily. It validates your trauma, and makes you think. Good one!" Read more

"We’ve all been there one way or another - so beautifully put into words and drawings. This should be recommended reading for everyone." Read more

"...I loved how simplistic it was but so passionate. I liked that it was short form even though my poetry is always so long when I write them...." Read more

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Customers find the book thought-provoking and meaningful, making them think deeply about life.

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"...GIRL, YAS! Yes, Yes, Yes. Go figure this section was the most relatable to me. I’m not surprised, but everything in the section was so true...." Read more

"...For the young, for the older. This book inspired me to feel and reflect and I truly took it to heart." Read more

"A journey through the heart. I found truth and inspiration on every page. May the ink continue to flow from heart to your pen." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's honesty, describing it as very real and unafraid to speak the truth.

"...The truth in these poems is astounding! I just had to share it. The Loving “sometimes though..." Read more

"A journey through the heart. I found truth and inspiration on every page. May the ink continue to flow from heart to your pen." Read more

"...It’s real. It’s raw. It will help to heal your heart and inner child. For $7, it’s worth a read for sure." Read more

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Customers praise the book's healing power, particularly noting its effectiveness after breakups, and one customer mentions it helped them recover from life's challenges.

"...It’s real. It’s raw. It will help to heal your heart and inner child. For $7, it’s worth a read for sure." Read more

"...and the fight to recover. I imagine it was very healing and therapeutic for the author to create these poems, but it’s an emotionally hard read...." Read more

"...She goes through the stages of loving, breaking, hurting, and healing. She gives great advice to how to get through it all...." Read more

"...of vivid, hard-hitting, poems about love, lose, abuse, femininity and healing. Each one capable of throwing you off guard and making you think...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the depth of the book, noting that it strikes them in a profound way and digs into the roots of their emotions and experiences.

"...Beautiful, feminist poems that have depth but aren’t so “deep” that they’re not accessible to everyone who needs to read this, everyone whose story..." Read more

"...It struck me deep, and gave me a REALLY good cry. Made my heart hurt, made me laugh, but also realize my worth...." Read more

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"...book is wonderful, it uses a lot of uncommon words and it has such deep meaning it could probably make someone cry...." Read more

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"...Milk and Honey is a very good coming of age story because as she grows up she learns what's real and what's fake...." Read more

"...The content is mature, no doubt, but this book is offering something to teens that they want, likely need in a way that only Rupi Kaur can...." Read more

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Jason D. Kahn
stunning
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2025
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These are gorgeous and devastating works of art. Kaur captures a spirit and feeling that is moving, funny and at times a bit dirty. Loved each poem.

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tonya lai
I love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2025
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This book tugged at my heart! Some of the words I put in my pocket and use daily. It validates your trauma, and makes you think. Good one!

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Xine Segalas
Relatable and Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2025
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We’ve all been there one way or another - so beautifully put into words and drawings. This should be recommended reading for everyone.

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Feelings on a pages, hard not to love
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2025
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It’s such a simple book, but I could feel the emotions on every page I turned too. I loved how simplistic it was but so passionate. I liked that it was short form even though my poetry is always so long when I write them. I loved this book, I appreciate the love written and given. 9/10 ⭐️

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Payton Stone
Awesome poetry collection!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2017
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Lately, I’ve been enjoying reading poetry so much! Luckily it’s also been keeping me on track with my Goodreads challenge, since they are so quick to read!

Most poetry books are such amazing reads. The only reason I gave this one 4 stars was because it didn’t speak to me on a deeper level nor was it awe inducing. I did REALLY, REALLY enjoy this book though don’t get me wrong. This book has also been very popular lately. Everywhere you look it seems to be there, which is so awesome for the poetry genre! It needs more attention!

This book is split into the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing. So I want to share some of my favorite sections or poems from each part!

The Hurting

“the therapist places
the doll in front of you
it is the size of girls
your uncles like touching

point to where his hands were

you point to the spot
between its legs the one
he fingered out of you
like a confession”

This is the first poem that broke my heart in this collection!

“every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you

– to fathers with daughters“

“a daughter should
not have to
beg her father
for a relationship”

The truth in these poems is astounding! I just had to share it.

The Loving

“sometimes though
love will hurt you but
love will never mean to
love will play no games
cause love knows life
has been hard enough already”

That’s the only poem that meant anything to me in this section, which I find kind of sad since its the loving section of the book.

The Breaking

“dont mistake
salt for sugar
if he wants to
be with you
he will
it’s that simple”

“i didn’t leave because
i stopped loving you
i left because the longer
i stayed the less
i loved myself”

“when you are broken
and he has left you
do not question
whether you were
enough
the problem was
you were so enough
he was not able to carry it”

“you treat them like they
have a heart like yours
but not everyone can be as
soft and as tender

you don’t see the
person they are
you see the person
they have the potential to be

you give and give till
they pull everything out of you
and leave you empty”

GIRL, YAS! Yes, Yes, Yes. Go figure this section was the most relatable to me. I’m not surprised, but everything in the section was so true. Favorite section of the book. Hands down. This section is the reason I will recommend this book to people!

The Healing

“who tricked you
into believing
another person
was meant to complete you
when they most they can do is complement”

Unfortunately that’s the only poem I highlighted in this section. This also doesn’t surprise me because I, myself, have not completely healed so how I am supposed to connect with anything in this section. Which has absolutely nothing to do with Rupi or her book. However, the one thing I have learned in my healing process is that my partner shouldn’t complete me, but complement me instead!

This really is a great read and I really enjoyed reading it. I’m sure so many people can relate and connect with at least one section in this collection!

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H.E. Brennan
Beautiful, unfiltered poetry
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023
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I'm very late to the Rupi Kaur fan club, but I am here to stay!

Kaur's poetry is raw and fresh, and it yanked me into its world on the first page. Milk and Honey is broken into four sections of life and love, and the reader travels through heartbreak to loving to living.

The first section, hurting, explains how love and pain aren't always separate, and how not knowing how to separate them is what causes skewed perspectives of love beginning in childhood. The unfiltered voice looks at how parents can shape us in the worst ways before we ever see the right ways. The poem that stayed with me is that alcoholic parents don't exist, only parents who couldn't stay sober long enough, and the truth hit me like a brick wall. It's a perspective that needs to be pushed more because it's the only true one.

Favorite hurting poems: pages 34 and 39.

The second section is called loving, and it shows the first step after hurting, where we find passion and fireworks in our first relationship and think we've found everything we've missed. However, it's usually the calm before the storm. The passionate love tends to involve fighting and fiery make-up sessions, and often, we mistake that for forever love when really it's just a better love than anything else we've been shown, but it's still not a good love.

Favorite loving poems: pages 76-77.

The third section, breaking, is about realizing you can feel both love for someone and betrayal and it's accepting that both are valid. It's forgiving yourself for having conflicting emotions because those who love us can hurt us. Breaking teaches you what real love is so you know how to recognize it from others and in yourself.

Favorite breaking poems: pages 90, 95, 104, 106, and 125.

The final section is called healing and it's about balance and boundaries, knowing how much of yourself to give to others only after first giving to yourself. Healing is realizing your worth as a person and taking up space. Healing is knowing you are whole because you exist.

Favorite healing poems: pages 154, 159, 165, 178, and 185.

The sections flow effortlessly and Kaur's writing is unrelenting and dives into you like a tidal wave. Her writing is unfiltered and a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to read her other collections.

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Marie Estes
Amazing book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2025
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Love this book so much.

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Tara
Essential reading
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
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For anyone who's ever been in a bad relationship, experienced heartbreak, had to pick up the pieces of themselves after someone took liberties with your heart. For anyone who's had to learn or re-learn how to love themself. For the young, for the older. This book inspired me to feel and reflect and I truly took it to heart.

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Starke Stimme, die gehört werden muss
Reviewed in Germany on October 2, 2016
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Was ist gute Poesie?
Muss sie sich reimen? Muss sie rhythmisch sein? Muss sie überhaupt etwas müssen?
Wenn Rupi Kaurs Kritiker sagen, „wahre Dichter“ würden sich im Grabe umdrehen, sollten sie vielleicht mal an den Grabstein von Herrn William Wordsworth klopfen, der sagte: Die Poesie hat ihren Ursprung in einem Gefühl, dessen man sich in Ruhe erinnert. Das hat Kaur getan. Ob dieses Gefühl nun beim Leser ankommt oder nicht, liegt vielleicht auch an ihnen, an mir, an dir.

my heart woke me crying last night
how can i help i begged
my heart said
write the book

milk and honey ist definitiv keine klassische, romantische Lyrik, es sind keine Sonette, es gibt keine Reime. Sie ist von schlichter Sprache, fast schon elementar. Gleichzeitig ist sie stark, eindringlich, eindrucksvoll. Die Gedichte sind meist kurz, Interpunktion ist nicht vorhanden. Die Zeilentrennung mag manch einem seltsam erscheinen, trägt meiner Meinung nach jedoch erheblich zum Fluss des Textes bei. Auf vielen Seiten finden sich ebenfalls Zeichnungen der Dichterin.

milk and honey takes the reader through
a journey of the most bitter moments in life
and finds sweetness in them
because there is sweetness everywhere
if you are just willing to look

Mit wenigen Worten und Zeilen schreibt die 23-Jährige über Liebe, Schmerz, Verlust, Hoffnung, Trauma, Sex, Missbrauch, Weiblichkeit. Es sind eigene Erfahrungen und solche von Frauen, die sie kennengelernt hat. Kaurs Schreibstil funktioniert wie ein Sog,wie ein Strudel, der seinen Leser völlig verschlingt und am Ende des Buches mit unzähligen Emotionen wieder ausspuckt.

our knees
pried open
by cousins
and uncles
and men
our bodies touched
by all the wrong people
that even in a bed full of safety
we are afraid

Kaur hat ergreifende Gedichte geschrieben, wütende, hoffnungsvolle; Gedichte, in welchen sie die Stärken der Frauen anpreist; Gedichte, welche uns helfen, uns selbst zu lieben. Es ist ein Muss für all Diejenigen, die Freude an moderner, freier Poesie haben. Aber vor allen Dingen ist es ein Muss für junge Frauen, für Mädchen; es ist ein Ratgeber, ein Spiegel, eine Inspiration.

You tell me to quiet down cause
my opinions make me less beautiful
but i was not made with a fire in my belly
so i could be put out
i was not made with a lightness on my tongue
so i could be easy to swallow
i was made heavy
half blade and half silk
difficult to forget and not easy
for the mind to follow

Ich habe wirklich versucht, mir diese knapp 200 Seiten aufzusparen, aber ich konnte einfach nicht anders: ich habe es inhaliert. Natürlich ist nicht jedes einzelne Gedicht bahnbrechend gut, aber fast jedes traf eine andere Stelle in meinem Herzen und in meiner Seele. Mein Buch ist voll mit orangefarbenen Post-Its, die meine neuen Lieblingsgedichte markieren. Es sind mindestens zehn. Selten hat mich Lyrik so zum Lächeln gebracht wie Kaurs, sie zeigt uns, dass das Leben, egal wie schrecklich es sein mag, doch eine unglaubliche Schönheit und Kraft besitzt.

The world
gives you
so much pain
and here you are
making gold out of it

Kaurs eigenwillige, moderne Poesie über Schmerz, Trauer, Liebe und Hoffnung hat mich völlig in ihren Bann gezogen. Sie hat vielleicht nicht das Rad neu erfunden, ist keine neue Sylvia Plath, aber sie hat sich mit milk and honey als junge talentierte Stimme am Lyrikhimmel etabliert. Müsste ich fünf Werke empfehlen, die jede junge Frau gelesen haben sollte, wäre dieses hier dabei. Dürfte ich nur eines nennen, vielleicht auch. Für mich gehört milk and honey in jedes Bücherregal, auf jeden Nachttisch, in jede Handtasche.

Wer sich ein genaueres Bild von Rupi Kaurs Gedichten machen möchte, findet auf ihrem Instagram-Account ziemlich viele aus ihrem aktuellen Buch. Ich kann allerdings nur empfehlen, es dann doch noch zu kaufen, da einmal lesen wahrscheinlich nicht genug sein wird.

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Margherita Neri
Great book!
Reviewed in the Netherlands on July 30, 2024
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Great book!

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Reviewed in India on June 21, 2017
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‘the very thought of you
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art’

When a female friend of mine shared this poem with me, I winced. Receiving stuff of sensual nature is by itself something that I am not quite comfortable with, but here is this poem, sent to me by a female friend. What both aggravated and doused my uncomfortable feeling was my getting to know that the author of this poem was a woman herself. Reading through the lines again I understood that her words exude not just eroticism but a sense of deep esotericism as well. Her words emanate from the longing, a deep pain, searing loneliness and flowing love – all things that I myself can relate with and connect soulfully too.

Immediately I ordered for the book online. From the moment I received the book in my hand and opened it, to the moment I closed it this morning, it was one hell of a ride through the dark corners of my heart. Dealing with lust, longing, love, pain of betrayal, self-love, letting go, hurt, healing, feminism and acceptance, this is a book that every introvert, every aching heart and every one that still believes in that quaint concept called ‘love’ must read.

Her words are the magical runes that any heart capable of love would respond to. They touch the raw nerves of our inner-selves, bringing to light all those unhealed wounds of the heart that we have learnt to live with, stir up all those dark passions that we keep buried deep beneath the hypocritical facades of politeness and public perceptions about ourselves. With her, you don’t get to feel the servile yearnings of a Kamala Das or the aggression of a Taslima Nasrin shelling out satires about the grapes gone sour. Here is a woman who feels love and writes about it, as deeply and as passionately as a Pablo Neruda or as a Kahlil Gibran also can. She loves, she yearns, she crumbles, she weeps about the loss, but she also picks up her pieces and puts them back together, but this time only more firmly.

Here is a real feminist that doesn’t talk about her body and her desires with a feigned sense of supremacy or acrimonious misandry. There is no vulgarity when she writes about her lust. You feel no revulsion when she talks about the inner functions of female body. She doesn’t preach promiscuity in the name of freedom. She takes pride in what she is. She doesn’t accede to the preset conventions of feminine beauty. She doesn’t pay obeisance to patriarchy. Here is a poetess we can all fall in love with, not just for her words, but for all that she is – her fears, her pains, her strengths, her weaknesses, her courage, for her being the person that she is. Each poem here is a colorful thread, seeing which you will be able to perceive a beautiful tapestry - that is her adorable personality!

This is a book that will leave you craving for more – like a perfect session of passionate love-making!

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Muy puntual en los tiempos de entrega!
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Excelente libro!
No venía con alguna cubierta de plástico, pero estaba en excelentes condiciones

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