Sofka Zinovieff
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Author of STEALING DAD, PUTNEY, Eurydice Street. Podcast: Athens Unpacked. www.Sofkazinovieff.com
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So happy to see STEALING DAD out in the world. Seen here at John Sandoe Books. Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK 🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
8 months ago
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Sofka Zinovieff
The Guardian
3 days ago
Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering
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Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering
Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials * During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza Israel has announced it will stop dozens of aid organisations working in Gaza within 36 hours for failing to meet stringent new requirements to hand over personal details of Palestinian and international staff deployed in the devastated territory. The list of groups hit by the ban include some of the world’s best known humanitarian organisations such as ActionAid, International Rescue Committee and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/israel-to-ban-dozens-of-aid-agencies-from-gaza-as-10-nations-warn-about-suffering?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Sofka Zinovieff
The New Yorker
3 days ago
Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died at 35. In November, she wrote about receiving a terminal diagnosis following the birth of her daughter.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hsZC7S
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hsZC7S
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Sofka Zinovieff
Alex Andreou's Podyssey
about 1 month ago
"Apples are health, vitality, fertility, life. So, when offered, the gift of life. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The most innocent of bribes for a teacher. But if apples are life, then the negative space their absence creates is the opposite. Apples are also a typical gift to Santa Muerte."
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John Kittmer
about 1 month ago
You were a delight, Sofka. Thank you for doing this event with us! “Stealing Dad” is a wonderful book.
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Me n my gal Anna selling STEALING DADs
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
yesterday. Generous host Prof Gonda Van Steen.
@johnkittmer.bsky.social
(former UK ambassador to Greece w/Yorkshire soul of a Greek poet) made the interview brilliant fun. Thanks Kevin Featherstone & everyone who came. 🧡🩷🧡
about 1 month ago
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This looks SO good! You can read a seductive sample on Apple Books or kindle.
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about 2 months ago
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John Kittmer
2 months ago
Thank you, Sofka, for this dazzling and generous write-up. I’m hugely looking forward to our talk about Greece, writing and your brilliant novel, “Stealing Dad”!
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A HUGE honour that philhellene, former UK ambassador to Greece Dr
@johnkittmer.bsky.social
will interview me
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Wed 19 Nov 6.30pm to discuss my latest novel STEALING DAD & Greece. Tickets free via eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stealing-d...
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Stealing Dad: In conversation with Sofka Zinovieff
The renowned novelist discusses her latest book , which was inspired by incidents at the time of the death of her own father.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stealing-dad-in-conversation-with-sofka-zinovieff-tickets-1473532708999?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=99c20cbf3e911fd715592da26bbde7f915708b83e18d2630c57b8fe53a10f4c03a1d3b55d9eb1311b1e1e5fe9a503ebdb23c1fd1f51dc831d97546c90c3f45ccee06280e6e91c0e3b10085aed1c6
2 months ago
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Thanks so much. We had a great time!
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2 months ago
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Sofka Zinovieff
Kalydnai
3 months ago
This should be a great seminar to attend whether is in person or by zoom. I will try not to miss it.
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
@sofkazinovieff.bsky.social
www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writi...
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British School at Athens : Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman
In-conversation Writing Greece: An evening with Sofka Zinovieff and Julian Hoffman Neither Julian Hoffman nor Sofka Zinovieff are originally from Greece and yet they’ve both devoted a large part of […...
https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/writing-greece-an-evening-with-sofka-zinovieff-and-julian-hoffman/
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Thank you!
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2 months ago
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TOMORROW! SOLD OUT but available to join online at link below. Can’t wait to talk WRITING GREECE with the wonderful
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
at
@britschoolathens.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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Mary Portas & me getting in the mood for our discussion about life, books, bereavement & friendship at the magnificent @PritchardandUre Camden 7pm 17.09.25 Tickets via P&U website
www.pritchardandure.com/new-events
#maryportas
#books
#friendship
4 months ago
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A lovely piece in ToVima about the upcoming @Corfu Lit Fest. Corfu Literary Festival. Great events incl Lee Durrell & Julian Hoffman & a literary feast at the gorgeous Villa Posillipo where “THE DURRELLS” was filmed. Check website for details & tickets.
www.tovima.com/culture/corf...
4 months ago
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My first swim at Parliament Hill Lido. Thanks Gillian Stern & @JoannaBriscoe for knowing it would put me in a good mood. UK Lido pools with their gorgeous 1930s designs are surely amongst the best of British institutions? And if you’re not Italian, do you say leedo or lyedo?
4 months ago
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Such a clear & useful explanation by Sir Jonathan Porritt on New Statesman podcast of why the UK govt is lying about Palestine Action & how these young, peace-loving protestors always clearly stated they would not use violence against people.
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Branding pensioners terrorists:
Podcast Episode · The New Statesman | UK politics and culture · 13/08/2025 · 22m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-statesman-uk-politics-and-culture/id630596898?i=1000721833036
5 months ago
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Honoured and proud to have signed this letter. We must stop the ongoing genocide and starvation of innocent civilians in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott
More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/07/zadie-smith-michael-rosen-irvine-welsh-and-jeanette-winterson-sign-letter-calling-for-israel-boycott?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
5 months ago
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My brother Leo hangs a fabulous washing line....
#washing
#washingline
#hebrides
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5 months ago
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If you’re in Corfu, London or Athens over the next months I’d love to see you at one of these varied events involving STEALING DAD and much more.
#stealingdad
@littlebrown.bsky.social
5 months ago
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What a fabulous evening
@owlbookshop.bsky.social
with Reeta Chakrabarti discussing her “Finding Belle” and my “Stealing Dad” with the incomparable freelance editor and ghost writer Gillian Stern.
#Stealingdad
@littlebrown.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Ooh! Looking forward very much to this. Such a fan of Leonora Carrington’s writing and of
@backlisted.bsky.social
which introduces me to countless brilliant books 🙌
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5 months ago
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Tuesday 22 July, 6.30 at
@owlbookshop.bsky.social
Discussion with Reeta Chakrabarti about our novels with excellent editor Gillian Stern
#StealingDad
#FindingBelle
#ReetaChakrabarti
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6 months ago
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Zen and the art of….. pigeon-fancying? Rock dove or London pigeon, one is rarely far from a feathered friend in the company of Anna
#HAWXX
6 months ago
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Completely fascinating. More congratulations
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
for this phenomenal podcast.
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6 months ago
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Delighted to find STEALING DAD
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, discussed & appreciated in this fascinating piece about Greece, disasters, the state & tourism in the Irish Times by Richard Pine
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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The indifference of Greece’s 36 million tourists to ‘catastrophes and corruption’ is forgivable
Greece letter: Debate about the Tempe rail tragedy represents a pervasive way of judging whether the state is inherently unstable
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2025/07/15/only-good-to-visit-the-indifference-of-greeces-36-million-tourists-to-its-catastrophes-and-corruption-is-forgivable/
6 months ago
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Take a look at this fabulous and unmissable auction (from art & clothes) to theatre tickets and meetings with actors including Juliet Stevenson . All in aid of Health Workers for Palestine. I’ve already started bidding. Do let me know what you’re interested in.
bidaid.com/auction/pale...
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Voices of Solidarity - BidAid
https://bidaid.com/auction/palestine
6 months ago
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Sofka Zinovieff
London Review of Books
6 months ago
‘A felt memory resurfaced of all the times when, growing up as a Muslim wearing hijab, I’d had racist abuse shouted at me in the street.’ Jumanah Younis on trans inclusivity at Hampstead Heath’s Ladies’ Pond, from the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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Jumanah Younis | At the Pond
It was 27°C in London on Friday, 20 June, and I was looking forward to cooling off with a swim at the Hampstead Heath...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/july/at-the-pond
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Hats off! 🎩 🙌 Another episode of
#podyssey
and it’s as brilliant & fascinating as the others. AESOP: virtue signaller or fake news merchant? Bravo
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
of the beautiful voice
6 months ago
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A book seems a small thing when you have this view. Last night - Aegean launch of STEALING DAD! I sprayed books & guests with scent worn by eponymous Dad (S.M. Novella - Aqua della Regina).Thank you Holly Lueders for a magnificent party! I’m still reeling.
#Stealingdad
@littlbrown.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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What
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
says! This repression is so much worse coming under a Labour government.
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Brilliant, powerful call to see things clearly. Palestine Action must not be labelled terrorists. The UK government must not be helping Israel to slaughter children. I agree with every word by Juliet Stevenson in
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson
We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is ministers complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent, says actor Juliet Stevenson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/palestine-action-spraying-paint-terrorism-ministers-abuse-powers-gaza?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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In the midst of so much terror, violence and killing of children and innocents, it is surely madness to call people in the UK who protest with spray paint “terrorists.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/israel-palestine-action-uk-government-terrorism-sally-rooney?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
6 months ago
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Sofka Zinovieff
Alex Andreou
7 months ago
Ancient Greek philosopher Diosthenes wrote: "Tότ᾽ ἔφη τὰς πόλεις ἀπόλλυσθαι· ὅταν μὴ δύνωνται τοὺς φαύλους ἀπὸ τῶν σπουδαίων διακρίνειν." [This is when societies perish: when they cease to be able to distinguish the laudable from the fraudulent.]
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Huge happy congratulations
@sashadugdale.bsky.social
! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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7 months ago
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So happy about this.
@sashadugdale.bsky.social
has written an electrifying collection of poems. A deserved winner of the Runciman Award.
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7 months ago
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My goddaughter sent me this photo of her son with my novel and assured me that no babies were harmed in the making. Delighted that his first hardback book should be STEALING DAD
@littlebrown.bsky.social
#StealingDad
7 months ago
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Proud to have joined so many wonderful writers in signing this letter calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/gaza-letter-genocide-zadie-smith-ian-mcewan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
7 months ago
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Roll up for the grande finale of all the reading, discussing & debating this year at the CEREMONY for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award. We announce the WINNER - Great Hall, King’s College London & streamed live on Zoom Fri 13 June 2025 7 pm. Tickets
www.eventbrite.com/e/runciman-a...
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I had fun choosing these 8 Desert Island Books incl fiction, poetry, nature, translation. Thanks to The Literary Edit for the amazing comments about PUTNEY and STEALING DAD
theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/sofka-zino...
@aestallings.bsky.social
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Sofka Zinovieff's Desert island Books
Featuring an astounding collection of poetry, and the book Sofka re-reads every decade...
https://theliteraryedit.substack.com/p/sofka-zinovieffs-desert-island-books?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
8 months ago
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Finally. MUCH too late, but at last people in power are realising this genocide can’t go on.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank
Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-leaders-of-the-united-kingdom-france-and-canada-on-the-situation-in-gaza-and-the-west-bank
8 months ago
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CASSANDRA is yet another magnificent episode of my favourite podcast
@alexpodyssey.bsky.social
. As Gide said, “Everything that needs to be said has already been said, but since no one was listening everything needs to be said all over again.” Bravo
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
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8 months ago
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“Funny, sad and beautifully written.” A 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review of STEALING DAD
@littlebrown.bsky.social
in today’s
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
8 months ago
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I grew up learning of the Holocaust fr my Grandmother - interned by Nazis. Now, I can’t watch a genocide taking place & not act. Today 1000s like me w/ no ‘skin in the game’ can’t take the horror of genocide & marched.
#CeasefireNow
#stoparmingisrael
#KeirStarmer
#DavidLammy
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8 months ago
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Thanks so much Tenia Christopoulos for this interview in Kathimerini English Edition. It was such fun talking about writing, loving and living in Greece & my latest novel STEALING DAD
www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1269...
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Author Sofka Zinovieff discusses her work and how Greek life has influenced it | eKathimerini.com
The writer Sofka Zinovieff was born in England but has spent decades of her adult life living in Greece. She loves the country as perhaps only someone who adopts it can.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1269872/author-sofka-zinovieff-discusses-her-work-and-how-greek-life-has-influenced-it/
8 months ago
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So happy to see STEALING DAD out in the world. Seen here at John Sandoe Books. Thank you @CorsairBooks @LittleBrownUK 🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
8 months ago
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You may not think you are interested in birds but you will be when you’ve read BIRD SCHOOL by Adam Nicolson. Thrilling, beautiful, astonishing, moving, intimate & wondrous. Amazon #1 bestseller in ecology.
#twitcher
#birder
#bird
#birdschool
#adamnicolson
8 months ago
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#SETTLERS
Such a good documentary and an excellent article by Louis Theroux
@theguardian.com
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8 months ago
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Sofka Zinovieff
The Guardian
8 months ago
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer prize for commentary
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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer prize for commentary
Renowned poet and author wins prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in Gaza The renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners. Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/05/palestinian-poet-mosab-abu-toha-pulitzer?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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STEALING DAD is published this week
@littlebrown.bsky.social
Please do pre-order!
guardianbookshop.com/stealing-dad...
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