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But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
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Norwich
Connecticut
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