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A Young Mother’s Memoir of Survival on Newfoundland’s Forgotten Coast

In 1968, I was a sixteen-year-old girl with three passions: writing, my boyfriend, and sex. So… I started a diary, got married, and had a baby. Now, in 2025, I am a seventy-three-year-old woman with three passions: writing, my family, and, well… It's time to tell my story...

Journey Trilogy

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RESCUED: A Young Mother’s Memoir of Survival on Newfoundland’s Forgotten Coast

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COVER UP: A Western Woman’s Journey into the Middle East.

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EXPOSURE: A Southern Woman’s Journey into the North

About the Author

Dawn is a retired international teacher. She received her teaching degree from the University of Toronto. It took her ten years to complete her degree while juggling a commitment as a single parent to her three children.

Inspired by her two sons and one daughter who traveled the world on tall ships, she set off from the small town of Orillia, Ontario, to explore the world herself.