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    Diary of a Veteran
    Diary of a Veteran
    Diary of a Veteran
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    Diary of a Veteran

    By S. M. Carrière

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    In worn-torn Europe, a young soldier stumbles into a world he never thought possible.

    Reminiscing in his winter years, he imparts some sage advice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS. M. Carrière
    Release dateJan 23, 2013
    ISBN9781301955589
    Diary of a Veteran
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    S. M. Carrière

    Born in 1983 in Quito, Ecuador, S.M. Carrière has lived in five countries around the world including Ecuador, Gabon and The Philippines. The family moved to Australia from The Philippines shortly after the commencement of hostilities there in 1989.After graduating High School, S.M. Carrière worked full time as an Office Junior at a law firm in Brisbane, Queensland before moving to Canada in 2001. In 2002 she began her academic career beginning in Criminology, but switching to Directed Interdisciplinary Studies (focusing on Perhistoric Anthropology and Archaeology) after her first year. She graduated with a B.A. Hon from Carleton University in 2007 with honours.It wasn't until well after graduation that writing found her. She hasn't looked back since.S.M. Carrière now resides in Canada with her two cats and a growing collection of books.

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      Diary of a Veteran - S. M. Carrière

      Diary of a Veteran

      By

      S.M Carrière

      First published 2010 by S.M. Carrière in The Dying God & Other Stories.

      Smashwords edition published 2013.

      Short stories Copyright © 2010 by S.M. Carrière.

      All rights reserved. Published in Canada by S.M. Carrière and distributed by Smashwords.com.

      This is a work of collected fiction. Places, characters, names and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons either living or dead, events or locations are entirely coincidental.

      http://www.smcarriere.com

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      Diary of a Veteran

      I know you will never believe this. Not in a million years will you believe what I have seen and am now relaying to you. I’m telling you all the same.

      It will probably be many years after my death that you are reading this. I am an old man now, and no one cares about the memories of old men in this day and age. It’s all about instant messaging and the latest gadget now. No one cares about the past anymore.

      This is something everyone should know. It’s something that we all knew as children, I think, but have since forgotten and dismissed, as

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