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Healing Words: A Poetry Collection for Broken Hearts
Let go of what is holding you back and focus on healing and growth. From the bestselling author of Dare to Let Go and Healing Is a Gift comes a powerful book about healing, heartbreak, and personal transformation.Healing Words is an empowering book that captures the essence of what it means to heal a broken heart, overcome trauma, anxiety, and depression, find inner strength and self-acceptance, and grow with clarity and wisdom.Written for women and men of all ages, this uplifting poetry book is thoughtfully structured into three crashing, crawling, and rising. Each chapter invites readers to dive deeper into a journey of self-awareness, vulnerability, healing, courage, compassion, change, and growth. Every healing poem guides you to embrace personal transformation, become intentional, and achieve your life goals.In Healing Words, you will How to get over heartbreakHow to turn trauma into healingHow to be kind to yourself and find self-compassionHow to let go of harmful memories, a painful past, and a toxic relationshipHow to stop self-sabotage and any destructive habit How to turn depression into hope and determinationHow to overcome fears and anxiety How to find inner strength and willpower How to make great choices and develop good habitsHow to cultivate a positive mindsetHow to set and maintain healthy boundaries How to improve your mental and emotional wellbeingHow to find new sources of joy while pushing through life’s obstaclesHow to focus on personal growth and positive changesAnd so much more!With this motivational poetry book as your guide, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery, healing, change, and growth.Filled with heartfelt poems, empathetic words, personal stories, encouraging affirmations, and practical advice, this uplifting book feels like a friend holding your hand along the entire healing journey. No matter what you have been through or how many storms you have survived, this encouraging book serves as a gentle “It is never too late to start healing your thoughts and heart’s wounds. You can always live in a beautiful and meaningful way.”
92 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2020
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About the author
Alexandra Vasiliu
54 books132 followersAn award-winning poet, writer, and wife, Alexandra Vasiliu is a firm believer in the healing power of love.
She double majored in literature and French for her undergraduate degree before pursuing her Ph.D. in Medieval Literature.
She is the author of the bestselling poetry collections, Healing Words, Be My Moon, Healing Is a Gift, and Through the Heart’s Eyes. Alexandra is best known for her empowering collections, Healing Words, Be My Moon, and Healing Is a Gift.
Her mission is to help people heal their broken hearts, find hope and inner strength, and gather the courage to love again.
When she isn’t busy writing, she loves drinking coffee, collecting seashells, and spending time with her family.
Stay connected with her through Instagram @alexandravasiliuwriter and Pinterest @AlVasiliuWriter.
Visit her at www.alexandravasiliu.net. She loves hearing from her readers
She double majored in literature and French for her undergraduate degree before pursuing her Ph.D. in Medieval Literature.
She is the author of the bestselling poetry collections, Healing Words, Be My Moon, Healing Is a Gift, and Through the Heart’s Eyes. Alexandra is best known for her empowering collections, Healing Words, Be My Moon, and Healing Is a Gift.
Her mission is to help people heal their broken hearts, find hope and inner strength, and gather the courage to love again.
When she isn’t busy writing, she loves drinking coffee, collecting seashells, and spending time with her family.
Stay connected with her through Instagram @alexandravasiliuwriter and Pinterest @AlVasiliuWriter.
Visit her at www.alexandravasiliu.net. She loves hearing from her readers
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March 24, 2020
Ugh
My first impression: this reads like a bad self help book written in verse.
My second impression: this author must be very young. Maybe 20, 21.
My third impression: this person needs some serious soul searching. All of these poems are about how she will be complete when she finds her “soulmate” and he heals all of her pain. Bitch, life doesn’t work like that. You do the hard work and learn to love yourself first, with all your flaws, exactly the way you are and fuck anybody who doesn’t see how amazing you are. Some fantasy partner can’t do that for you.
My first impression: this reads like a bad self help book written in verse.
My second impression: this author must be very young. Maybe 20, 21.
My third impression: this person needs some serious soul searching. All of these poems are about how she will be complete when she finds her “soulmate” and he heals all of her pain. Bitch, life doesn’t work like that. You do the hard work and learn to love yourself first, with all your flaws, exactly the way you are and fuck anybody who doesn’t see how amazing you are. Some fantasy partner can’t do that for you.
December 23, 2020
I only gave this book two stars because it had one stanza I like:
“Your past is a dead city
Stop letting
It’s ruins haunt you.”
The rest of this book of poetry reads like it was written by a 15 year old who just broke up with her first boyfriend.
Cloying and clumsy.
No thanks.
“Your past is a dead city
Stop letting
It’s ruins haunt you.”
The rest of this book of poetry reads like it was written by a 15 year old who just broke up with her first boyfriend.
Cloying and clumsy.
No thanks.
June 25, 2021
Do you know those posts that your mother/aunt/grandmother always shares on Facebook? You know the ones. It's always a picture they've shared from some bleak corner of Facebook's already bleak corner of the internet where there is an inspirational quote imposed over a colorful or flowery background. They remind you that "You are enough" and "If you get knocked down, you can get back up again" like they've attended the Chumbawamba school of inspirational messages and skipped the lesson on rhythm. Have you ever wondered what would happen if those posts were strung together into a very loose definition of verse? I might have just the poetry collection for you.
January 3, 2021
There were a few poems that were really good, but it felt like the majority of them focused on the sadness of loneliness or that one day you’ll find romantic love and that will heal you. As someone who has been through a recent heartbreak, the idea that my soulmate will find me isn’t what helped me heal. It was my friends, my family and most importantly myself.
I wonder if I would’ve related more to this book if I was younger and going through my first heartbreak, but at this point in my life, the idea of finding a soulmate is not what completes me.
I wonder if I would’ve related more to this book if I was younger and going through my first heartbreak, but at this point in my life, the idea of finding a soulmate is not what completes me.
March 13, 2021
I really wanted to like this book, but the only and I mean only poem I liked was “your past is a dead city” all the other ones I really disliked
July 16, 2022
In the kindest possible way, this feels like a 12 year old wrote it, and it doesn’t really feel like poetry, merely resembles it on the page.
May 1, 2022
Words cannot quite describe my experience with this book. It is simple and unassuming. It doesn’t hide behind masks of pretentious language and literary and technique. It is raw and real and true. I can only say that these truly felt like God-inspired words to me and and the accuracy with which it depicts pain and loneliness is indescribably. When reading it, I felt as though this was a book written just for me. The healing words within it helped me to reflect and turn my attentions and trust to God, bringing me resounding peace. This collection really spoke to my heart and is one I will not soon forget.
September 18, 2025
Absolutely dog shit.
Alexandra, sweetheart no more stinking funking metaphors of “rivers of tears”.
Alexandra SWEET. HEART. stop relying on others to heal yourself, stop correlating negative feelings with someone else healing them for you. STOP DEPENDING ON A FICTIONAL DREAM MAN. Love yourself first girl. There is beauty in solitude. There is beauty in being alone!!! I reckon you need to heal yourself before writing “healing” words.
I wrote better stuff at 12.
Alexandra, sweetheart no more stinking funking metaphors of “rivers of tears”.
Alexandra SWEET. HEART. stop relying on others to heal yourself, stop correlating negative feelings with someone else healing them for you. STOP DEPENDING ON A FICTIONAL DREAM MAN. Love yourself first girl. There is beauty in solitude. There is beauty in being alone!!! I reckon you need to heal yourself before writing “healing” words.
I wrote better stuff at 12.
October 26, 2021
I really liked her poetry but it lacks content
I was hit with her poems when she said I don't have time to be sad. I mean WOW that poem was impressive but the thing is I expected more of the book
Hope she gets better in her upcoming books by not doing repetitive style of poetry
Anyway it can have beneficial influence on people who have suffered from depression! It can be a soothe to broken hearts and lonely people
Who knows maybe this book can prevent teenagers from committing suicide
Guys life is a gift from GOD and if you are actually reading my review let me tell you that u are blessed by the lord to be both healthy and alive !
Oct 2021
IRAN/Tehran
I was hit with her poems when she said I don't have time to be sad. I mean WOW that poem was impressive but the thing is I expected more of the book
Hope she gets better in her upcoming books by not doing repetitive style of poetry
Anyway it can have beneficial influence on people who have suffered from depression! It can be a soothe to broken hearts and lonely people
Who knows maybe this book can prevent teenagers from committing suicide
Guys life is a gift from GOD and if you are actually reading my review let me tell you that u are blessed by the lord to be both healthy and alive !
Oct 2021
IRAN/Tehran
April 29, 2022
This book made me think a lot about life in general. The words combined with my playlist was so soothing and reassuring in a sense that only poetry can make you feel. I highly recommend it (not that anyone cares anyway)
July 27, 2022
Definitely a great self help poetry book for those trying to heal their hearts from trauma.
September 8, 2022
3.5 ⭐️
This poetry selection was okay! I liked some of them but majority were just okay nothing really wowed me.
This poetry selection was okay! I liked some of them but majority were just okay nothing really wowed me.
December 31, 2024
3⭐️
End of the year and this book gave me an healing idea love that.
End of the year and this book gave me an healing idea love that.
September 22, 2022
I’m a sucker for poetry and this book was decent enough. Lots of good verses in it, though I have to say that I’m personally over the “Internet poetry” that is all too common nowadays. This is an accessible text which I think is becoming my new standard for reviews.
November 15, 2024
nah yk it’s bad when i get the poetry come back out
October 18, 2023
This was a beautiful collection, filled with healing words. Dealing with grief is different for everyone but it was easy to find pieces that covered grief to such an extent that it was easy to understand the emotions expressed, even if you haven't experienced the same grief as the poet.
Some of the pieces are short and that's what lost me a bit because they came across as too simple to call poetry but overall, this was a good collection to get lost in. A short collection, but powerful nonetheless.
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Some of the pieces are short and that's what lost me a bit because they came across as too simple to call poetry but overall, this was a good collection to get lost in. A short collection, but powerful nonetheless.
Read more here: https://sincerelyyoursannie.wordpress...
November 3, 2020
Trashes solitude and avoidant of emotional processing
I wouldn’t recommend this at all for anyone who likes solitude, or anybody who wants to process their emotions. Any sort of painful emotions are told to be avoided. I wouldn’t call this poetry either, although I’m a bit of a snob there because I like Tennyson, Shelley, definitely not big on Byron (who supposedly had incestuous affairs with his sister)
I wouldn’t recommend this at all for anyone who likes solitude, or anybody who wants to process their emotions. Any sort of painful emotions are told to be avoided. I wouldn’t call this poetry either, although I’m a bit of a snob there because I like Tennyson, Shelley, definitely not big on Byron (who supposedly had incestuous affairs with his sister)
April 4, 2021
Loneliness and don’t run away.
Run away but face loneliness.
you are loved.
Loneliness and run run run...
The end
Run away but face loneliness.
you are loved.
Loneliness and run run run...
The end
April 28, 2021
The only reason I'm giving this book two stars instead of one is because of the very few stanzas that I actually liked.
The rest of the book felt like words without substance, like self-help guides that don't know what they're talking about or like inspirational quotes that do not inspire at all. The poems did not arouse any sense of emotions within me which is rare in itself. I love reading poems. I love poems about being broken and still finding ways to heal oneself.
But this book did not have the relatability most of the other poems have. I could not relate at all. The author kept repeating the words "Plant healing words in the parts of your heart which are broken" which got annoying very soon.
Darkness and light aren't alternate forces of the world. They coexist. They balance each other. Just because you have been drowned in darkness does not mean you are heading for a future where you will only have light. Sorry if it sounds hopeless but that is the truth. Life isn't a dream, it's a reality. And often, our realities aren't as beautiful as we want them to be.
And that is exactly why we need our dreams. So that we can love our imperfect lives and our imperfect selves.
The author here does not seem to understand a few things. Maybe they are young or inexperienced in expressing their thoughts as poetry. First of all, just because you have a garden of light and love in your heart does not mean the cracks would go away. There will still be nights when you will be alone, aching and in need of someone who will understand.
And second, no soulmate is going to heal you just because they love you. Healing is a process a person has to go through by themselves. No one else can do it for them. Sorry.
The rest of the book felt like words without substance, like self-help guides that don't know what they're talking about or like inspirational quotes that do not inspire at all. The poems did not arouse any sense of emotions within me which is rare in itself. I love reading poems. I love poems about being broken and still finding ways to heal oneself.
But this book did not have the relatability most of the other poems have. I could not relate at all. The author kept repeating the words "Plant healing words in the parts of your heart which are broken" which got annoying very soon.
Darkness and light aren't alternate forces of the world. They coexist. They balance each other. Just because you have been drowned in darkness does not mean you are heading for a future where you will only have light. Sorry if it sounds hopeless but that is the truth. Life isn't a dream, it's a reality. And often, our realities aren't as beautiful as we want them to be.
And that is exactly why we need our dreams. So that we can love our imperfect lives and our imperfect selves.
The author here does not seem to understand a few things. Maybe they are young or inexperienced in expressing their thoughts as poetry. First of all, just because you have a garden of light and love in your heart does not mean the cracks would go away. There will still be nights when you will be alone, aching and in need of someone who will understand.
And second, no soulmate is going to heal you just because they love you. Healing is a process a person has to go through by themselves. No one else can do it for them. Sorry.
June 10, 2023
This book was the reason why I was up until 5 in the morning today aside from a very bad rumbling stomach at 4am, I finished this spontaneously and in one reading. I kind of took a break from poetry last month because I consumed a lot of poetry during our quarantine. However, after a rough week emotionally and mentally, I prayed to read something that can help me introspect about life.
Although the main theme of this book is loneliness and I can partially relate to it, deep down in my soul I know I really wanted to outgrow that side of me that always process things way too heavily. Not just to merely escape the feeling but to not carry it at all. The first few months of the year had been pretty hard already so it's okay to live and think right this time.
Still, I guess, I am a human at the end of the day and a woman to be exact. I cannot always be as mentally and emotionally strong as my husband. I can acknowledge pain, I must accept pain and brokenness as part of the journey and learn to properly deal with it before surrendering it all to the Lord.
Overall, this was a comforting read. 🥰
Although the main theme of this book is loneliness and I can partially relate to it, deep down in my soul I know I really wanted to outgrow that side of me that always process things way too heavily. Not just to merely escape the feeling but to not carry it at all. The first few months of the year had been pretty hard already so it's okay to live and think right this time.
Still, I guess, I am a human at the end of the day and a woman to be exact. I cannot always be as mentally and emotionally strong as my husband. I can acknowledge pain, I must accept pain and brokenness as part of the journey and learn to properly deal with it before surrendering it all to the Lord.
Overall, this was a comforting read. 🥰
September 14, 2024
.....📚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 📚.....
Healing Words by Alexandra Vasiliu is a poetry collection about broken hearts and finding the one.
This collection is broken up into three sections. Crashing, Crawling, and Rising. These sections focus on the breaking of, and then healing stages, following a broken heart and how finding love will heal your heart. This felt a bit juvenile for me in the thinking that you can only be whole and feel whole with a soul mate. There was a lot about running, away from pain, towards something, but not as much as I thought there would be about finding and loving yourself.
I think I would have connected more with this 20 to 30 years ago, but as a woman in my 40s this didn't resonate with me as other poetry collections have. Potentially I am not the target audience, but this probably wasn't the healing and self acceptance journey I had thought it would be. I really struggle in rating poetry collections as I appreciate the vulnerability of laying your heart bare, but for the reasons above, this one wasn't for me.
Healing Words by Alexandra Vasiliu is a poetry collection about broken hearts and finding the one.
This collection is broken up into three sections. Crashing, Crawling, and Rising. These sections focus on the breaking of, and then healing stages, following a broken heart and how finding love will heal your heart. This felt a bit juvenile for me in the thinking that you can only be whole and feel whole with a soul mate. There was a lot about running, away from pain, towards something, but not as much as I thought there would be about finding and loving yourself.
I think I would have connected more with this 20 to 30 years ago, but as a woman in my 40s this didn't resonate with me as other poetry collections have. Potentially I am not the target audience, but this probably wasn't the healing and self acceptance journey I had thought it would be. I really struggle in rating poetry collections as I appreciate the vulnerability of laying your heart bare, but for the reasons above, this one wasn't for me.
May 30, 2022
Alexandra Vasiliu inscribes to less your melancholic mood through Healing words that need when your heart broken.
Fear, sad, impatience, wounds, and many more words (feeling) that give strength and strong to better life through healing words. Only love and kindness open the doors to a life that brings and offers meaning.
This book recommend for all those with scars in their hearts.
Some chapters from this book I loved most :
1 - Hope is like a Rope
2 - If you are Heartbroken
3 - Nothing wrong
Favourite Some lines from this book :
✍️ God entrusted me with life and strength.
✍️Loneliness is not your final destination.
✍️ “Don’t let depression swallow you.
Don’t waste your time.
Make your life an ascent toward love and light.”
✍️ Maturing is about understanding your limits and becoming a hero.
✍️ You must get out of your comfort zone.
Fear, sad, impatience, wounds, and many more words (feeling) that give strength and strong to better life through healing words. Only love and kindness open the doors to a life that brings and offers meaning.
This book recommend for all those with scars in their hearts.
Some chapters from this book I loved most :
1 - Hope is like a Rope
2 - If you are Heartbroken
3 - Nothing wrong
Favourite Some lines from this book :
✍️ God entrusted me with life and strength.
✍️Loneliness is not your final destination.
✍️ “Don’t let depression swallow you.
Don’t waste your time.
Make your life an ascent toward love and light.”
✍️ Maturing is about understanding your limits and becoming a hero.
✍️ You must get out of your comfort zone.
January 18, 2023
I bought this online from Barnes & Noble after seeing her promote this on Facebook. The comments said good things about it but the reviews on here reflected a bit differently. With the title of ‘healing words’ I was expecting an uplifting book focusing on healing yourself from hardships and finding love for yourself again. The back of the book sounded great. However, the poems fell a bit short. There are some good ones in here but I’d personally rather use my money for a book I liked more. She focuses a lot on finding love and praying about finding a better soulmate.
As someone healing from a recent breakup, this just made me kind of annoyed. I don’t like her focus on finding love but I wish she’d focus more on finding that love for yourself again regardless of relationship status. I’ll be returning this one.
As someone healing from a recent breakup, this just made me kind of annoyed. I don’t like her focus on finding love but I wish she’d focus more on finding that love for yourself again regardless of relationship status. I’ll be returning this one.
December 31, 2020
"Loneliness is akin to selfishness".....
....there were quite a few poems scattered through here that I was able to appreciate but this particular statement felt like a resounding theme in this collection about loneliness and heartbreak.
Personally I've been lonely a lot in my life and I also messed myself up a lot for a very long time feeling like the only meaning my life could have, the only way I could ever be happy was to always, always be helping and rescuing others. I don't regret wanting to help people and do good in the world. I still do but that particular mentality has done no favors to my mental health or self esteem.
There's nothing selfish about depression or loneliness or grief or heartbreak.
....there were quite a few poems scattered through here that I was able to appreciate but this particular statement felt like a resounding theme in this collection about loneliness and heartbreak.
Personally I've been lonely a lot in my life and I also messed myself up a lot for a very long time feeling like the only meaning my life could have, the only way I could ever be happy was to always, always be helping and rescuing others. I don't regret wanting to help people and do good in the world. I still do but that particular mentality has done no favors to my mental health or self esteem.
There's nothing selfish about depression or loneliness or grief or heartbreak.
July 30, 2022
“So next time when you feel abandoned,
heartbroken, or lonely,
or when you are in need of a healing word,
remind yourself that no season
can overcome your desire to bloom
and start all over again”
I bought this book during a season when I was very depressed. I could not get rid of the ache in my heart and the pain was so deep that I could not even bring myself to cry.
Reading Alexandra’s poetry gave me comfort like I could not explain. I felt seen and reading her word comforted me in the fact that it will all be ok. That my depression was not eternal.
I will definitely keep this book near for any time I’ll be in need for healing words!
heartbroken, or lonely,
or when you are in need of a healing word,
remind yourself that no season
can overcome your desire to bloom
and start all over again”
I bought this book during a season when I was very depressed. I could not get rid of the ache in my heart and the pain was so deep that I could not even bring myself to cry.
Reading Alexandra’s poetry gave me comfort like I could not explain. I felt seen and reading her word comforted me in the fact that it will all be ok. That my depression was not eternal.
I will definitely keep this book near for any time I’ll be in need for healing words!
December 31, 2020
This was actually gifted to me for Secret Santa at my work so I feel bad for not enjoying it. I just didn't really connect to it as much as I was hoping to, but to be honest I kind of already knew I wouldn't.
I also feel bad for giving low reviews on poetry books because the authors probably poured out their hearts into the book just to have someone like me say it wasn't any good. This book would probably be better for other people, so I'll just donate it in the hopes that someone else will read it and like it more than I did.
In conclusion, this poetry book just wasn't for me :)
I also feel bad for giving low reviews on poetry books because the authors probably poured out their hearts into the book just to have someone like me say it wasn't any good. This book would probably be better for other people, so I'll just donate it in the hopes that someone else will read it and like it more than I did.
In conclusion, this poetry book just wasn't for me :)
January 12, 2021
Poetry with a message...
These poems are written to heal, inspire and encourage anyone who as been hurt, suffered loss, feel unloved, or alone in their emotions. The author reveals her own struggles by opening her heart with words that can come only from one who has experienced all of the above.
Anyone who is need of healing, inspiration, or assurance they are not alone will find a kindred spirit in these pages.
For me, a true poet is one who is not afraid to expose themselves in their writing, Alexandra Vasiliu therefore is a true poet.
I give this one five stars.
These poems are written to heal, inspire and encourage anyone who as been hurt, suffered loss, feel unloved, or alone in their emotions. The author reveals her own struggles by opening her heart with words that can come only from one who has experienced all of the above.
Anyone who is need of healing, inspiration, or assurance they are not alone will find a kindred spirit in these pages.
For me, a true poet is one who is not afraid to expose themselves in their writing, Alexandra Vasiliu therefore is a true poet.
I give this one five stars.
June 29, 2022
I wish I am able to remember the person who recommended me this book because I'm very glad they did. I believe that every so often a book comes into your life thats going to hold a special meaning and place in your heart, and for me its this.
Some of these words were so powerful and meant so much there were tears in my eyes. My heart and my soul might still be a little broken, but after reading this, I do feel a lot lighter. I definitely recommend this to anyone who needs to feel a bit of happiness, even if its just for a few minutes
Some of these words were so powerful and meant so much there were tears in my eyes. My heart and my soul might still be a little broken, but after reading this, I do feel a lot lighter. I definitely recommend this to anyone who needs to feel a bit of happiness, even if its just for a few minutes
September 8, 2022
I really enjoyed it. It’s just a collection of poems. A lot of the comments were talking about how they didn’t like it because it’s probably a young author with hopes of finding a solemate which they think it isn’t possible. Some of the poems are like that, but a lot of them are about like fixing yourself and letting go of bad people. If it is a young author, maybe she wrote it for young people who are struggling with mental health issues and it gives them hope for the future. Maybe that future isn’t exactly what it’s painted to be, but regardless it’s get better. Idk. Just my thoughts.
April 18, 2023
اولای کتاب خیلی خوب بود. هم مدل نوشتاریش هم قافیه هاش و هم موضوعش. ولی نمیدونم چرا اینجور کتابا یهو کلیشه ای میشن و نویسنده فک میکنه که استاد مدیتیشن عه و موضوع به صورت کلیشه ایطوری تبدیل میشه به اعتماد به نفس داشتن. آخرش یه جوری حوصله سر بر شده بود که اصلا دیگه نمیتونستم بخونمش. سه تا ستاره ای که دادم هم بخاطر همون اولای کتاب بود.
ایراد این کتابا اینه که فک میکنن با چند تا تجربه ای که داشتن میتونن بقیه هم نصیحت کنن و یه جورایی دیگه واسه خواننده هایی مث من حس صادقانه بودن نمیدن و اون احساسات شاعرانه رو دیگه ندارن. انگار موضوع اعتماد به نفس، خودش به تنهایی تبدیل شده به یه ژانر
ایراد این کتابا اینه که فک میکنن با چند تا تجربه ای که داشتن میتونن بقیه هم نصیحت کنن و یه جورایی دیگه واسه خواننده هایی مث من حس صادقانه بودن نمیدن و اون احساسات شاعرانه رو دیگه ندارن. انگار موضوع اعتماد به نفس، خودش به تنهایی تبدیل شده به یه ژانر
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