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Second Act – Joanna Nell and The Funeral Crashers
JOANNA NELL, a bestselling author, former doctor and advocate for positive ageing, discusses her new novel, The Funeral Crashers, and the importance of connection.
AKINA HANSEN writes.
Childhood is a time in our lives when dreams are born. Some of us hold onto those dreams, nurturing them through adolescence and into adulthood. For others they fade or fall to the wayside.
For bestselling author Joanna Nell, storytelling was an early passion, but one she ...
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