Last night, my butt was frozen to a folding chair in front of an expectant audience in The Book Exchange, a local Indie bookstore. My throat closed shut and my tongue felt like sandpaper – you know, the coarse kind that could skin a cat. Lined up on both sides of me was a panel…
The Unexpected Daughter has received many reviews since its release last year. Readers post on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, book bloggers post blog reviews, and publications like Kirkus Review have published reviews. Most have been graciously favorable. But, every time a book review comes out, I hold my breath until I turn a little blue.…
Join me at the 2017 AJC AJC Book Festival where I’ll be discussing my novel, The Unexpected Daughter. This is the largest independent bookseller festival in the country and I am honored to be presenting on the Atlanta Writers Club panel with several distinguished Georgia authors, such as Gray Stewart, Albert Norton Jr., Alayne Smith, and TM…
Summer is in full swing and I have been on a great escape from real life. After a stressful year teaching high school, not only are my classroom and desk empty and left behind, so is my brain. Fantasies of romantic tropical getaways and fun-filled family beach trips sound really good to me right…
An Ancestry.com DNA test confirms it. I’m as white as white comes (as if there were any doubt). I burn after 30 seconds in the sun, just like the rest of my family. I come from Kentucky folk who ate biscuits and sausage gravy, ham hocks in their green beans, and went to church.…
My thanks to Wayne South Smith for publishing this lovely article on his blog, I just had to share with my readers. Client Success: Sheryl Parbhoo’s Novel Explores Love, Family and Healing in Intercultural Relationships “Like my book’s character Jenny, I am a woman with deep southern roots,” Sheryl said. “Unlike Jenny, I was raised…
After years of blood, sweat, and tears over my laptop keyboard, I am proud to announce the release of my book, The Unexpected Daughter. I will be speaking and signing books at my book launch party at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA on March 4. The bookstore is located in beautiful downtown Woodstock. If…
I am home from work for a month with a broken foot. I had bunion surgery and now have a bionic foot, complete with plates and a multitude of screws in my bones. So, to turn lemons into lemonade, this respite from teaching and lesson plans has turned into the time I’ve been working toward…
As an author, I am always on the lookout for books that inspire me creatively and touch me personally. I hit the literary jackpot when I discovered the much praised novel, Born Confused. It is a provocative coming-of-age story about transcending cultural boundaries, penned by Indian-American author and music artist Tanuja Desai Hidier. Tanuja Desai…
My Choice For Women’s Multicultural Books for 2015 Every once in a while, when I have a lull in my mothering and writing schedules, I binge read multicultural novels. Perhaps because I live with mixed up cultures in my own life, or because I am an anthropologist at heart with a passion for studying cultures,…