A Girl Who Didn't Fit In

An only child of parents with deprived backgrounds, Marion's early years were lived in a frugal world, with a grandmother who was addicted to prescribed morphine. The girl who emerged from that bleak world was far from frugal. She traveled, suffered the loss of her father, retreated into Christian Fundamentalism, developed an investment portfolio, married, had a family, and earned a post-graduate degree in the field of her dreams. But how did it all happen?

An only child of parents with deprived backgrounds, Marion's early years were lived in a frugal world, with a grandmother who was addicted to prescribed morphine. The girl who emerged from that bleak world was far from frugal. She traveled, suffered the loss of her father, retreated into Christian Fundamentalism, developed an investment portfolio, married, had a family, and earned a post-graduate degree in the field of her dreams. But how did it all happen? "A Girl Who Didn't Fit In" answers that question. Marion Clark's roller coaster life inspires readers to engage with their own challenges, reflect on themselves, and achieve more tomorrow.

Marion Clark is a retired Psychotherapist living in Australia. She was born in Melbourne, graduated in 1983 with a Distinction Degree in Post Graduate Social Work at La Trobe University. She was a minor celebrity in her early years, a legal secretary, a wife, a parson's wife, a mother of three sons, an investment manager and has travelled widely.