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      <image:caption>Bring home The Mona Lisa Sacrifice by Peter Derbyshire.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bring home Sugaring Off (Book*hug Press, October 8, 2024).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bring home What the Living Do (Regal House, 2024) by Susan Wadds.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The resplendent Suzan Palumbo.</image:caption>
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