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    Ruined
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    Ruined
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    Ruined

    By Mack McColl

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    Ruined

    By Mack McColl

    Copyright 2023

     

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    145 Pages

    42,666 Words

     

    The story takes place in Vancouver before the 2010 Winter Olympics and wraps up a year later on an Indian Reservation on North Vancouver Island. The story follows a man rendering a first person account of his descent into drug addiction in the worst neighborhood in North America, the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

     

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMack McColl
    Release dateMar 14, 2023
    ISBN9798215727232
    Ruined
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    Mack McColl

    Mack McColl was born in Edmonton, Alberta, during the height of the baby boom. He went on to become a writer, author and inventor. He lived and worked in many distinct corners of his beloved Canada, learning what makes her unique. He went to Quebec and took a crack at learning French. His career in journalism took him to over 200 Indian Reserves where he made friends in Indigenous communities from coast to coast. This life provided Mack with the grist to compose most of the characters found in the pages of his fiction. Most of his fiction is set in Canada. Interests People, stories, the pursuit of happiness

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