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Jo Treggiari

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March 16, 1965 in London, The United Kingdom

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I was born in London, England but grew up in Canada, Roccasinibalda, Italy and California.Somehow I found myself on the beautiful south shore of Nova Scotia, where I now live.
I used to work in the music industry and eventually owned my own indie record label. The first CD we ever put out was by a gangsta rap group. We also did alt rock and punk.
I have trained as a boxer. I could have been a contender. (Not really).
I started writing stories for my little sister when I was about 8. Often I would rework fairytales so that the princesses had a little more grit. Then I would write them out on white paper, roll them up and tie with a red ribbon.
Later on in high school I penned personalized naughty limericks by request.
I love dogs and octopi.I bl...more


When I am standing inside a cathedral of trees, surrounded by a hundred different shades of green- lime, spring, olive, velvet, emerald, moss, pea, viridian, pine, grass, apple, I have no trouble imagining a magical world and my safe place within it.

I believe.

I just wish I could hold onto the moment.

(I know, I know, live in the NOW. But it’s so hard to remember that when you’re getting pummeled...

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Published on May 28, 2012 06:09
Average rating: 3.42 · 2,349 ratings · 421 reviews · 2 distinct works
Ashes, Ashes
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 2,338 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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" I am so glad that I enjoyed this book. I sort of came into it with high expectations and I'm glad I wasn't at all disappointed. It has a great story line and great characters. The ending also leaves you to question whether or not this will be cont... "
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Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
" In a post-apocalyptic world that can easily be envisioned into our reality, Ashes, Ashes focuses on Lucy, a teenage girl who has survived both the plague that has killed her family and the furious physical elements that continue to afflict the con... "
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" When I first saw the book, the cover completely turned me off. It looks stupid. The book is definetly better than the cover.

This book is a fairly fast-paced and engaging story of Lucy and her life in post smallpox devastated New York. There is, of... "
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“Aidan was nowhere to be seen. She pictured him glowering in the shadows somewhere, breaking sticks or punching walls, or something equally useless.”
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