{"id":329,"date":"2026-11-05T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/Aileen\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:34:09","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/Aileen\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"329\" class=\"elementor elementor-329\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477a85b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"477a85b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d91744a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d91744a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"BookInsightSection\" id=\"the-book\">\r\n  <div class=\"bis-wrapper\">\r\n\r\n    <!-- LEFT SIDE: BOOK ONLY -->\r\n    <div class=\"bis-visual\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\r\n        class=\"bis-book-image\"\r\n        src=\"http:\/\/bookpublish.online\/Aileen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/44f1df1a-0b00-4432-86b1-7f2a41b961a3.webp\"\r\n        alt=\"Alone in Silence by Dr Aileen O\u2019Reilly\"\r\n      >\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <!-- RIGHT SIDE: CONTENT -->\r\n    <div class=\"bis-content\">\r\n\r\n      <span class=\"bis-eyebrow\">About the Book<\/span>\r\n\r\n      <h2 class=\"bis-heading\">Understand. 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