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Jo Seaman's parents travelled to follow job opportunities and Jo grew up in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, South East London and Australia. This gave her a love of meeting new people and seeing interesting places. Unsurprisingly, she was drawn to an international career. Jo worked for the British Council for almost 30 years, firstly in London and Manchester, with short assignments all over Africa, Asia and the former Soviet Union. She then lived in Egypt, Georgia, Pakistan, Jamaica and France before returning to the UK. She is married. She and her husband live in Dorset, have various rescue pets and are trying to be environmentally friendly to atone for all the flying about. Her travels and adventures have given her a rich source of material fo ...more

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Roses Down the Barrel of a Gun: Georgia: Love and Revolution

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Official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Roses Down the Barrel of a Gun" by Jo Seaman. Post by Guda LM

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Jo Seaman pens down her experience living and working in an unfamiliar and fragile Georgia. In February of 2001, Jo officially arrives in Tbilisi, Georgia, to take on the role of Director of the British Council in the country and temporarily in Armenia. Her experience in working in various countries is what she Read more of this blog post »

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The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #1)

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“In these terrific Georgians we had met more than our match. They could out-eat us, out-drink us, out-dance us, out-sing us. They had the fierce gaiety of the Italians, and the physical energy of the Burgundians. Everything they did was done with flair. They were quite different from the Russians we had met, and it is easy to see why they are so admired by the citizens of the other Soviet republics. Their energy not only survives but fattens on a tropical climate. And nothing can break their individuality or their spirit. That has been tried for many centuries by invaders, by czarist armies, by despots, by the little local nobility. Everything has struck at their spirit and nothing has succeeded in making a dent in it.”
― John Steinbeck, A Russian Journal

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