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It's the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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Worst
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Reality

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