Susan Parker

Susan Parker


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Susan Parker is a consultant, motivational speaker, and author of numerous short stories and has published business articles and technical whitepapers. After spending her formative years as a Catholic and most of her life in no less than six Evangelical denominations, her experiences reveal a pursuit of faith as sincere as any soul’s on the planet. She is committed to helping others connect to their authentic selves and to the promotion of understanding between religious, cultural, racial, sexual-orientation and gender equality groups through the power of humor, honest dialogue, artistic expression and meaningful interchange.

She has served as the Director of Job Training & Placement for a nationally recognized non-profit organization, and possesses over fifteen years experience as a consultant focused on recruitment, workplace effectiveness, and diversity. Susan holds a B.S. in Business Administration and is multi-cultural and fluent in Spanish, after having studied in Spain and traveled and worked throughout the world. She loves leading workshops, appearing on Internet and public radio, and speaking in front of both large and small groups. She is originally from Cleveland, Ohio but currently lives in Houston, Texas.

Walking in the Deep End

Susan Parker
Silver Threads ( 2010)
ISBN 978-1893067097


Synopsis: Eleven year-old Susan Parker must keep vigil during a family tragedy that plunges her tomboy innocence into the murk of family dysfunction—Evangelicals, her only lifeguards.

Tender to the bone, Walking in the Deep End is an earnest and engaging memoir, written with honesty, spunk, and humor. Though suicide, bulimia, religious hypocrisy, and romantic heartbreak rip through her life like powerful currents, Parker's search for truth and identity evokes courage and hope, drawing you into her compelling and, at times, uncanny experience of authentic spirituality.