An Infidel in Paradise

About S.J. Laidlaw

Susan Laidlaw has twenty years experience as a teacher and counselor in schools and clinical settings around the world. She has published articles on parenting and has led workshops for parents and professional educators on a diverse range of topics related to raising and working with third culture children. When she isn't backpacking through Asia or birdwatching around her island home in Honduras, she can be found writing stories. Susan Laidlaw currently resides in Indonesia.

Praise

". . . I hope every teen reads this book, and that everyone who knows a teen reads it. An Infidel in Paradise was a pleasure to read (even if it did make me cry more than once), and I will definitely be keeping my eye out for more work by S.J. Laidlaw."
–About.com 

  “S.J. Laidlaw, a social worker now living in Indonesia, has first-hand experience with what she calls “rotational children,” which she defines as kids who “grow up abroad moving from one country to the next.” In her debut novel, An Infidel in Paradise … the rotating kid is Emma, a 16-year-old who is always the stranger in the strange land…. The portrayal of Emma’s strained relationship with her family remains a sustaining strength of the novel….”
—The National Post