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Promise me that if I ever get Alzheimer’s or dementia, and I don’t remember anyone that you’ll visit me every day and read to me like Noah read to Allie.

J.A. Redmerski

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J.A. Redmerski
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 25
Novelist
Little Rock
Arkansas
Read
Remember
Allie
Ever
Dementia
Every
Noah
Like
Alzheimer
Visit
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Anyone

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