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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf,

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm Elizabeth your host.

It's a pleasure to be reading to you tonight.

This evening we are continuing with the Great Gatsby.

But before we turn to Chapter 7, take a moment to get comfortable and snug.

Give yourself a nice big stretch to release any tension in your muscles.

And notice how each part of your body feels, from your toes all the way up to the top of your head.

Give any areas that need it a squeeze and release to help them relax.

Take a nice deep breath in and hold it for a moment.

Before exhaling and breathing away any remaining thoughts cluttering your mind.

Once more, Inhale,

hold it and exhale.

Beautiful.

Repeat this as many times as you need to

while I recap our last episode.

J. Gatsby was born James Gatsby into an unsuccessful farming family in North Dakota. Never truly feeling he belonged and aspiring to greater things, he took himself away and created a new persona, Jay Gatsby, over time,

working menial jobs to get by.

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