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Kin: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

by Tayari Jones ...

**AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.**Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, ... Read more

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**AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.**Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle,
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Ties That Bind

A Novel

by Brenda Jackson ...

A compelling and moving novel about strangers who become friends and friends who become lovers, from the New York Times –bestselling author.It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph Fuller and Jenna Haywood became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy grandmother disapproves of the ... Read more

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A compelling and moving novel about strangers who become friends and friends who become lovers, from the New York Times –bestselling author.It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph Fuller and Jenna Haywood became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy grandmother disapproves of the
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The Talk of the Party

by Foluso Agbaje ...

'So good. I read it in two days… I could not stop… So many twists and turns…This is one to read for sure!!' ★★★★★In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out?Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being served…The Obaniles' picture-perfect life is the envy of all Lagos society, and everyone wants a piece. So, when ... Read more

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'So good. I read it in two days… I could not stop… So many twists and turns…This is one to read for sure!!' ★★★★★In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out?Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being served…The Obaniles' picture-perfect life is the envy of all Lagos society, and everyone wants a piece. So, when
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Where the Wildflowers Grow

A Novel

by Terah Shelton Harris ...

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Goodreads, Essence, Sunset Magazine, SheReads, BookBub, and more!From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy ... Read more

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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Goodreads, Essence, Sunset Magazine, SheReads, BookBub, and more!From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy
... Read more
Cool Machine

A Novel

by Colson Whitehead ...

Series Book 3 - The Harlem Trilogy
**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE IN FICTIONNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy**New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE IN FICTIONNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy**New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real
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A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club

by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray ...

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The Personal Librarian.Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney for the City of New York and Manhattan’s first Black ... Read more

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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The Personal Librarian.Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney for the City of New York and Manhattan’s first Black
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The Great Wherever (Reese's Book Club)

A Novel

by Shannon Sanders ...

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK • Named a Most Anticipated book by NPR, People, Oprah Daily, Esquire, and more“A wonderful novel about family and tradition, perfect for the holidays.” —Reese WitherspoonAn impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody... ... Read more

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REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK • Named a Most Anticipated book by NPR, People, Oprah Daily, Esquire, and more“A wonderful novel about family and tradition, perfect for the holidays.” —Reese WitherspoonAn impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody...
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Another Brooklyn

A Novel

by Jacqueline Woodson ...

A Finalist for the 2016 National Book AwardNew York Times BestsellerA SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017A Bustle Fall Roundup pick for 2017The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.Running into a long-... ... Read more

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A Finalist for the 2016 National Book AwardNew York Times BestsellerA SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017A Bustle Fall Roundup pick for 2017The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.Running into a long-...
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Recitatif

A Story

by Toni Morrison ...

A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the relationships that shape us through life, with an introduction by Zadie Smith.Twyla and Roberta have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in the St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable at the time, they lose touch as they grow older, only to find ... Read more

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A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the relationships that shape us through life, with an introduction by Zadie Smith.Twyla and Roberta have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in the St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable at the time, they lose touch as they grow older, only to find
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Honey Goddess

A Novel

by Abiola Abrams ...

A struggling salon owner is chosen by the African goddess Oshun and plunged into an ancient power struggle in this slow-burn romantasy of ancestral magic, divine feminine power, and the woman bold enough to claim it.When a goddess is reborn, empires tremble.Generations ago, a circle of women in the freed-Black town of Amaniville, NY, called on the old gods to save their people. That prayer became ... Read more

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A struggling salon owner is chosen by the African goddess Oshun and plunged into an ancient power struggle in this slow-burn romantasy of ancestral magic, divine feminine power, and the woman bold enough to claim it.When a goddess is reborn, empires tremble.Generations ago, a circle of women in the freed-Black town of Amaniville, NY, called on the old gods to save their people. That prayer became
... Read more
True to the Game II

A Novel

by Teri Woods ...

Series Book 2 - True to the Game
Picking up where True to the Game left off, Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay.After Quadir Richards is murdered, Gena stashes millions in cash inside lockers at Thirtieth Street Station. She has no suspicion that the attentive stranger pumping her gas at an Exxon station is secretly plotting to take that fortune for himself.Jay plays the chivalrous gentleman, spoiling her with quiet dinners ... Read more

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Picking up where True to the Game left off, Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay.After Quadir Richards is murdered, Gena stashes millions in cash inside lockers at Thirtieth Street Station. She has no suspicion that the attentive stranger pumping her gas at an Exxon station is secretly plotting to take that fortune for himself.Jay plays the chivalrous gentleman, spoiling her with quiet dinners
... Read more
Everything Is Fine Here

A Novel

by Iryn Tushabe ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THREE SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDSLonglist, Canada Reads 2026A CBC Best Book of 2025A beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people.Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THREE SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDSLonglist, Canada Reads 2026A CBC Best Book of 2025A beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people.Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest
... Read more
The Attic Child

A Novel

by Lola Jaye ...

A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of ... Read more

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A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of
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Chain Gang All Stars

National Book Award Finalist

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black • LONGLISTED ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black • LONGLISTED
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The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford

A Novel

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires ...

From the author of the multi-award-winning, National Book Award–longlisted, “vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive” (George Saunders) story collection Heads of the Colored People, comes a sly, spry, literary debut novel about the murder of an infamous moonshiner and the cacophony of true stories a small town can tell about itself.Rich Milford is dead. At last.We find ourselves in ... Read more

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From the author of the multi-award-winning, National Book Award–longlisted, “vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive” (George Saunders) story collection Heads of the Colored People, comes a sly, spry, literary debut novel about the murder of an infamous moonshiner and the cacophony of true stories a small town can tell about itself.Rich Milford is dead. At last.We find ourselves in
... Read more
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

A Novel

by James McBride ...

**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTIONFROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINEONE OF BARACK OBAMA'... ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTIONFROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINEONE OF BARACK OBAMA'...
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Harlem Shuffle

A Novel

by Colson Whitehead ...

Series Book 1 - The Harlem Trilogy
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST FOR FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR FICTION * NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONFrom two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.**"Ray Carney was only ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST FOR FICTION * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST FOR FICTION * NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONFrom two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.**"Ray Carney was only
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The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

A Novel

by Deesha Philyaw ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE WILLIE MORRIS AWARDS FOR SOUTHERN FICTIONNew York Times Book Review Editors' Pick"Fierce, fabulous, and very funny." - Oprah Daily, Best Books of Fall 2026 list"A raucous and moving tale of triumph told with biting wit." - #1 on People’s Must-Read Books of Fall 2026The wife of a popular and powerf... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE WILLIE MORRIS AWARDS FOR SOUTHERN FICTIONNew York Times Book Review Editors' Pick"Fierce, fabulous, and very funny." - Oprah Daily, Best Books of Fall 2026 list"A raucous and moving tale of triumph told with biting wit." - #1 on People’s Must-Read Books of Fall 2026The wife of a popular and powerf...
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In Every Mirror She's Black

A Novel

by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström ...

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick!As seen in Vulture, Essence, Good Morning America, The Independent, Goodreads, PureWow, and many more!"A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church LadiesAn arrestin... ... Read more

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A Good Morning America Buzz Pick!As seen in Vulture, Essence, Good Morning America, The Independent, Goodreads, PureWow, and many more!"A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church LadiesAn arrestin...
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An American Marriage

A Novel

by Tayari Jones ...

**One of the most anticipated novels of 2018 according to Entertainment Weekly * Goodreads * Esquire * Elle * Cosmopolitan *BBC * Huffington Post * Bustle * Southern Living * Newsday * Bookish * Nylon**“Transcendent . . . Triumphant . . . Gorgeous.”—****Elle“A stunning epic love story . . . An exquisite, timely, and powerful novel that feels both urgent and i... ... Read more

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**One of the most anticipated novels of 2018 according to Entertainment Weekly * Goodreads * Esquire * Elle * Cosmopolitan *BBC * Huffington Post * Bustle * Southern Living * Newsday * Bookish * Nylon**“Transcendent . . . Triumphant . . . Gorgeous.”—****Elle“A stunning epic love story . . . An exquisite, timely, and powerful novel that feels both urgent and i...
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Passing

by Nella Larsen ...

Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) (1891- 1964) was a black American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels, of which Passing is her best-known. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote earned her recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics. Passing was first published in 1929 but has received renewed attention because of its close examination ... Read more

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Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) (1891- 1964) was a black American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels, of which Passing is her best-known. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote earned her recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics. Passing was first published in 1929 but has received renewed attention because of its close examination
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Summer on the Bluffs

A Novel

by Sunny Hostin ...

Series Book 1 - Summer Beach
New York Times Bestseller!The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard.Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a ... Read more

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New York Times Bestseller!The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard.Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a
... Read more
Song of Solomon

A Novel

by Toni Morrison ...

Series series Vintage International
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.**One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years“A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.” ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.**One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years“A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.”
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The Rage of Dragons

by Evan Winter ...

Series Book 1 - The Burning
Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to ... Read more

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Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to
... Read more

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Kin: Oprah's Book Club

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Where the Wildflowers Grow

Cool Machine

A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club

The Great Wherever (Reese's Book Club)

Another Brooklyn

Recitatif

Honey Goddess

True to the Game II

Everything Is Fine Here

The Attic Child

Chain Gang All Stars

The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

Harlem Shuffle

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

In Every Mirror She's Black

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Summer on the Bluffs

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