Susan Sparkman
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Author |
| Location | St. Roman de Malegarde, Vaucluse, France |
| Introduction | I am a former divorce lawyer who closed my practice to live my dream of being a writer in a rural village in southern France. |
| Interests | reading, writing, painting, sketching, cooking, baking, gardening, renovating, hiking, raising my child, running, swimming, bicycling, contributing, spirituality, French |
| Favorite Movies | The Joy Luck Club, Titanic, City of Angels, Corpse Bride, Meet the Robinsons, for its exploration of adoption and the definition of family and its support of living your dreams, Princess Diary, (1) due to the quote about fear written by Mia's father for her 16th birthday, Aquamarine, for girlpower, Thelma and Louise, for womanpower, Paper Chase, for how Harvard really was and, Legally Blonde, for how Harvard could have/should have been! Last movie I watched: Enchanted, at a London cinema, Titanic, on DVD |
| Favorite Music | Big Girls Don't Cry, by Fergie, Nothing Lasts Forever, Maroon 5, Hey There Delilah, by Plain White TShirt, Bing Crosy's Christmas songs, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, by Pink House and, Sylvie, Celine Dion's Christmas albums, Bubbly, by Colbie Caillat, Say it Right, by Nellie Furtado, Hillary Duff, all the Beatles, the Beach boys, Simon and Garfunckle, Joni Mitchell, Karla Bonoff, all the singers and songs on Putumayo Presents Paris, C&W classics, especially Reba Lately I've been listening to, Jardin d'hiver, by Keren Ann |
| Favorite Books | The all-time best novel about a family through generations, The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher, Money, a Memoir, by Liz Perle, Inventing the Truth, The Art and Craft of Memoir by William Zinsser, ed., Words in a French Life, by Kristin Espinasse, French Impressions, by John S. Littell (and Mary Littell post mortem); French Dirt, by Richard Goodman; Falling Leaves, and Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah; French or Foe, Savoir Flair, by Polly Platt, Our Paris, by Edmund White, Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth (Groceries) Gilbert, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by Thad Carhart, anything/everything by Marita van der Vyver: Breathing Space, There is a Season, and her first novel, Intertaining Angels, Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris; anything by Amy Tan, I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, by Rose A. Lewis and Jane Dyer (My daughter was convinced that the book was written from our adoption story~the beautiful illustrations do look an awful lot like we did in 2000.), All the hundreds (thousands??) of nonfiction writers who have taught me through the years that, if I can read it, I can do it! I'm currently reading: Forever Lily, by Beth Nonte Russell |