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    My Life in Ruins
    My Life in Ruins
    My Life in Ruins
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    My Life in Ruins

    By Joei Carlton Hossack

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    One year after the death of her husband, Paul, author Joei Carlton Hossack spends a summer working on three archaeological digs in England.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoei Carlton Hossack
    Release dateAug 26, 2013
    ISBN9781301000036
    My Life in Ruins
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    Joei Carlton Hossack

    Joei Carlton Hossack is the author of 6 main stream travel books and produces her own line of books called Mini Reads. She is an entertaining and inspirational speaker, a travel-writing and memoir-writing teacher and an amateur photographer. She was born in Montreal and has traveled extensively. She has spent 25 years as an RVer and when not traveling she resides in British Columbia.

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