March 3rd, 2011
Unspoken Issues was honored to have
Susanna Barlow author of
'What Peace There May Be',
as our guest.
Susanna is the 23rd child of 46 children, the quintessential middle child. Growing up in a Mormon fundamentalist religious home shaped her life values and her views on everything. Her book What Peace There May Be placed as a finalist in the 2010 Indie Excellence Awards in the Memoir Category and is a riveting account of her coming of age, surviving and surrendering. She is currently writing her second book detailing her marriage within the polygamous culture and her motivation to leave the religion.
She speaks about recovering from childhood abuse, forgiving, healing and her own ability in parenting six children. Also, she discusses the myths and realities of the polygamous lifestyle which she is not practicing.
See her comments about her book on The Polygamy Story Channel
Visit her site: Susanna Barlow
See her comments on the Sister Wives reality show: Susanna Barlow comments
Ms. Barlow has been interviewed across the United States and Canada on radio, Good Things Utah, Keynote Speaker in Portland Oregon for an abuse recovery group, book clubs, approached by different polygamy groups helping transition those who have left. Susanna is married and the mother of six children, writer, author, painter, teacher and also has written plays. Her book is available at The King’s English, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
Susanna has been a keynote speaker for an abuse recovery group in Portland Oregon and most recently spoke at The Successful Mothering Convention. Ms. Barlow has been contacted by local polygamy groups one of them” Holding Out Help” and was asked to be in their DVD which is going out to churches and schools. In addition Susanna Barlow has been interviewed on Good Things Utah, across the nation on radio as well as Canada. Her book is getting into libraries in different states and also seen in Publishers Weekly.
National Geographic’s cover story for February “Polygamy in America” and also aired a documentary “Inside Polygamy: Life in Bountiful.” Susanna has family members in both areas featured in the article Colorado City and the documentary filmed in Bountiful Canada.
Susanna lives in Bluffdale, Utah with her husband, six children and their dog.
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