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    Failure
    Failure
    Failure
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    Failure

    By Micelle Coetsee

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    More and more reports of dam walls being under threat from structural defects, geodynamics and the climate are coming in. A collapse threatens individuals, communities, ecosystems and the world with tsunamis and flooding beyond imagination. What will happen when one breaks? This story explores the preceding issues and subsequent devastating physical and human effects of a dam wall failure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMicelle Coetsee
    Release dateApr 3, 2014
    ISBN9781311964021
    Failure
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    Micelle Coetsee

    A hippie at heart Micelle leads a simple lifestyle, daily pursuing her passion for writing, urban farming and life itself. Her life experiences as mother, wife, marriage counselor and spiritual mentor; game and urban farmer left its finger prints on her life, which find expression in her writing. She only recently ventured into the domain of publishing fiction and is still awed by this experience. Residing in South Africa she lives with the consequences of her choices and the frailty of her humanity.

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