{"id":205,"date":"2020-02-25T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge336.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:00:52","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"205\" class=\"elementor elementor-205\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1254e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1254e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6704ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6704ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba8348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ba8348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2-717x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28498\" alt=\"cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2-717x1024.webp 717w, https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2-210x300.webp 210w, https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2-700x999.webp 700w, https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2-600x857.webp 600w, https:\/\/otislee.com\/staging\/2064\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cover-i-was-born-in-the-forest-v2.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7867eab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7867eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I Was Born in the Forest<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b01a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47b01a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5fcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be5fcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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