Suzy Parish is an award-winning Contemporary Fiction Author and Promotions Assistant for Pelican Book Group. Her debut novel, Flowers from Afghanistan, was awarded a bronze medal by the Military Writers Society of America. The National Readers’ Choice Award presented Flowers from Afghanistan with The…
I’m grateful to be able to work from home. The life of an author is pretty awesome, I have to admit! I have two works in progress. Someone said writing a novel is like inviting readers to enter your dreams. I can’t wait to…
Due to length constraints, this letter of thanks never made the last edition of my novel, Flowers from Afghanistan. I much regretted it. “Always just when I needed them” is the theme of this book. That theme continues as promotional opportunities open up, and…
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“Flowers From Afghanistan” is a good read any time, but especially now, as our country ends its 20-year involvement with that country. There are no “winners and losers” in Parish’s book, just people who need God. The novel is a national Readers Choice Award…
A huge thank you to my readers! Your purchase payments for Flowers from Afghanistan and your gifts have been sent to Samaritan’s Purse. Samaritan’s Purse is sending relief to help Afghanistan evacuees. I can’t tell you how humbled and grateful I am by your…
When I wrote Flowers from Afghanistan, characters like Gul Hadi and Bashir were very real to me. They represented Afghans who wanted peace. Likewise, the contractors and military who made up my characters were there to do a job they believed in. My husband…
Don Stephens is the founder of Mercy Ships. You may have seen the Anastasis or one of their other ships in a newscast. Mercy Ships bring surgical intervention and therapy to places that would otherwise go without. When my daughters were very little we…
“If you’ve been following me, you know I have a long-standing partnership with Green Beans. Is it because I love their coffee? Well, yes, but more than that, I love their mission. They don’t allow our service members to feel forgotten.”
Happy Birthday, Flowers from Afghanistan! To celebrate, we’re giving away five signed, first edition copies of Flowers from Afghanistan. Details coming soon! Weighed down by guilt following the death of his two-year-old son, Mac McCann accepts a year-long position training police officers in Afghanistan. Leaving…
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A broken heart. A broken promise. An Afghan barber tries to protect his son. Awarded a Bronze Medal by the Military Writers Society of America, Flowers from Afghanistan garnered 5-star reviews on Amazon. Flowers from Afghanistan is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and…
We picked Brandy out from a litter of squirming black Lab pups, battling over a dented metal pan of dog food. Right away she was different from the others. Instead of fighting over kibble, she wandered to the enclosure to see my husband, and…