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He Searched for His Past in Children’s Books. He Found His Wife’s.

Steve Mills has been collecting secondhand books in England to reawaken lost memories. His search revealed more about his family’s past than he thought possible.

© Jeremie Souteyrat for The New York Times

Steve Mills at home in Hockley, England. In a recent book haul from a charity shop, he found a book that had traveled from a town 170 miles away.
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