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    I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me
    I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me
    I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me
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    I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me

    By Dean Skewes

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    Dean Skewes draws on his life experiences as a sheep shearer and farmer in sharing this life-changing journey that he and his family went on after a car accident.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateMar 17, 2021
    ISBN9781504324892
    I Drove a Red Car to a Better Me
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    Dean Skewes

    t 58, in my wildest dreams I could not have believed I would be a published author. My dear wife Marise and I run 1500 sheep on our farm at Watson's Creek, in northern New South Wales, Australia, life was simple, yet wonderful. We had 3 beautiful daughters, and were surrounded by an unbelievable family and friends. I had been a shearer before a horrific car accident we had in 2013, after which our world was turned upside down. After 6 long years of surgeries and physiotherapy, we are thankfully living our dream again, farming sheep, and enjoying our family.

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