{"id":175,"date":"2024-11-26T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authordorothysmith.com\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:39:02","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authordorothysmith.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"175\" class=\"elementor elementor-175\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e153266 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e153266\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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