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Brave-ish at The Los Angeles Travel Show Feb 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
Meet me LIVE in LOS ANGELES
at the Travel and Adventure Show
Come hear my talk:
“Are You Brave Enough? How to Make Your Dream Trip Happen” SUNDAY Feb 4, 2024 at 2:45pm
at the Savvy Traveler Theater
BOOK SIGNING at Vroman’s Bookstore: Booth #1251
SAT, Feb 3 and SUN, Feb 14 at 1:30pm
I will be signing my award wining memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty
Los Angeles Travel Show will be at the Los Angeles Convention Center (Hall G-H) 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90015
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