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    There But For the Grace of God
    There But For the Grace of God
    There But For the Grace of God
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    There But For the Grace of God

    By Joei Carlton Hossack

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    e-Book contains 2 short essays and an award winning poem about the plight of homeless men I have met, befriended, broke my heart and disappeared. 100% of author's proceeds will be donated to charity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoei Carlton Hossack
    Release dateMar 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310828911
    There But For the Grace of God
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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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      There But For the Grace of God - Joei Carlton Hossack

      There But For the Grace of God

      Essays by: Joei Carlton Hossack

      Surrey, British Columbia

      Poem by: David Blinkhorn

      North Delta, British Columbia

      JoeiCarlton.H@gmail.com

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopy or any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for a reviewer who may quote brief passages.

      COPYRIGHT: 2014 Joei Carlton Hossack

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