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Ann Marie Mershon

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A retired English teacher, Ann Marie Mershon lives on a woodland lake with her husband Jerry and their two dogs.

She grew up in a wooded suburb of Minneapolis, and in her mid-twenties she and her husband moved north to the wilderness they’d always loved. She has two grown sons who live in California and Puerto Rico. After 30 years of teaching English in Minnesota, she moved overseas to complete her teaching career in Istanbul, writing weekly e-mail missives and posting blogs about her experiences there.

Ann Marie discovered her passion to write in the late 1990’s. She penned a weekly newspaper column for five years, wrote numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and published two books. Her first was a middle-grade historical novel, B ...more

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	Britta's Journey: An Emigration Saga 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pakistan, India and the Bomb: Spy versus Counterspy by James Glenn, Ann Marie Mershon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Istanbul's Bazaar Quarter: Backstreet Walking Tours by Edda Renker Weissenbacher, Ann Marie Mershon (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cappadocia, Antalya, and back to Istanbul

Touring Turkey is a joyous adventure for me, no matter how many times I’ve done it.

Our group of six flew from İzmir to Cappadocia, one of my favorite spots. We stayed at the Kelebek Cave Hotel, the only place I’ve ever stayed in the area (10 times?). How can you improve on perfection? The rooms are half carved from the rock, then extended with cut rock from quarries. Cappadocia is famous for its i

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