{"id":7632,"date":"1997-03-02T21:21:58","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T01:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7632"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:03","slug":"a-river-sutra-by-gita-mehta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/a-river-sutra-by-gita-mehta\/","title":{"rendered":"A River Sutra by Gita Mehta [in What Do I Read Next? 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