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Leader of the Free Dream World

Blossoms from a tree fall to the ground.

Emily Sanders Hopkins
Aug 30, 2023
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Leader of the Free Dream World

One night in 1979, Gregor Parnell (he of busy, single-mother household, repaired harelip, dead father, apartment complex, no siblings, and the South Junior High “gifted program”) had a vivid dream that he and his mom, Jill Parnell, were sitting at desks in the social studies classroom at his school.

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