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If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.

Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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