The Great Read: John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?
A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a mysterious woman.
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John Lennon, wearing a wide rimmed black hat and round sunglasses, with May Pang, wearing round sunglasses, on a city street in the 1970s.

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John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?

A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a mysterious woman.

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