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You forget that you are reading fiction, it feels so real.\" Leila Aboulela, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Museum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Riveting and heartbreaking ... 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