{"id":2244,"date":"2011-11-27T19:31:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T00:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2011-11-27T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T00:31:49","slug":"book-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/book-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am trying to get gigs for book groups, book talks and autism group talks.\u00a0 Below is some of the publicity material for my latest book, my novel Dirt: A Story About Gardening, Mothering, and Other Messy Business.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Susan Senator is a writer, speaker, political activist, wife, and the mother of three boys, the oldest of whom is 22 and is severely autistic. Susan likes to say: \u201cWith autism, never say \u2018never.\u2019\u201d She is the author of the Exceptional Parent Award-winning Making Peace With Autism:\u00a0 One Family\u2019s Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts,<\/em> (Trumpeter, 2005), and The Autism Mom\u2019s Survival Guide (For Dads, Too!):\u00a0 Creating a Balanced and Happy Life While Raising a Child with Autism<\/em> (Trumpeter, 2010)\u00a0 Her new novel, Dirt: A Story About Gardening, Mothering, and Other Messy Business<\/em> (Stellated Books, 2011) features a severely autistic young man as one of the main characters.<\/p>\n

Susan has written articles and essays on disability, education, parenting, and living happily, in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Exceptional Parent Magazine, Family Fun, and Education Week.<\/em> Susan also teaches English at Suffolk University in Boston and is a popular blogger. Her writings took her to a state dinner at the White House in honor of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics, in 2006. Susan is available for booktalks, conferences, and workshops. See http:\/\/susansenator.com<\/p>\n

Here is what some have had to say about Dirt<\/em><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLoved it top to bottom! Senator\u2019s prose makes colors and emotions bloom like rare flowers on the page. A glimpse into the marriage garden, weeds and all, with a story that blossoms before you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014Kim Stagliano<\/strong>, author (with foreword by Jenny McCarthy) of All I Can Handle: I\u2019m No Mother Teresa<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDirt<\/em> is an honest and moving novel about very real people. Anyone whose own family isn\u2019t perfect (and that\u2019s all of us) will relate to the Grahams\u2019 struggles to hold on to each other when so much threatens to pull them apart. Sometimes you can\u2019t solve all your kids\u2019 problems\u2014sometimes you just have to love them. Senator understands this and she makes us understand it too.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Claire LaZebnik<\/strong>, author of Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSusan Senator\u2019s novel, Dirt is as pleasurable as it is unforgettable. Through vivid characters and seamless prose, Dirt gets to the heart of family and the power of love to pull us through. Dirt is a book you will take with you long after you\u2019ve devoured the last word.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014Emily Miles Terry<\/strong>, New York Times Bestselling Author, Nesting: It\u2019s a Chick Thing<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSenator gets it all right. The characters breathe, they are all likable, believable people struggling to do the best they can under enormous pressures. It\u2019s a realistic novel: things don\u2019t magically get better, problems don\u2019t disappear, but what does crystallize is the parents\u2019 intention to see each family member as the unique individual he is, and to honor that individuality and the specific needs and issues, rather than focusing on how those individuals revolve around Nick and his needs. One of the better books I\u2019ve read that incorporates autism into its narrative and one I can wholeheartedly recommend.\u201d \u2014Kim Wombles<\/strong>, blogger, Autism Blogs Directory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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