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Local pens first novel inspired by Kenyan experience ‘Busara Road’ is loosely based off Queens Village resident David Sanders’ childhood living in Quaker village in East African nation By Grace Maiorano 6287+ 3+,//< 5(9,(:
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GRACE MAIORANO/South Philly Review
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