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Getting to Mr. Right
Campbell’s research into the father/daughter dynamic and how it affects a woman’s personal choices proves that Prince Charming is nothing but a myth. In a few months, she will receive international recognition for her work.
As part of her study, Campbell gives workshops to help women still seeking Mr. Right. Her latest group is made up of three women: Missi Morgan, who can’t seem to let go of a philandering spouse; Suzy Paradise, a self-proclaimed queen of online dating; and Felicity Starr, whose life and career are dictated by a controlling father.
In the midst of her study, a charming and personable man enters Campbell’s life, putting her theories in shambles. Not only does she now question the validity of her research, but she must choose between her career and having her own Prince Charming. This personal dilemma makes it difficult for Campbell to give these women advice, as she encourages them to find their own paths to happiness and helps them set themselves free.
As part of her study, Campbell gives workshops to help women still seeking Mr. Right. Her latest group is made up of three women: Missi Morgan, who can’t seem to let go of a philandering spouse; Suzy Paradise, a self-proclaimed queen of online dating; and Felicity Starr, whose life and career are dictated by a controlling father.
In the midst of her study, a charming and personable man enters Campbell’s life, putting her theories in shambles. Not only does she now question the validity of her research, but she must choose between her career and having her own Prince Charming. This personal dilemma makes it difficult for Campbell to give these women advice, as she encourages them to find their own paths to happiness and helps them set themselves free.
355 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 20, 2014
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About the author
Carol Balawyder
16 books26 followersMy dad was born on a farm town in Rama, Saskatchewan and my mom in Montreal. I was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec but currently I live in Montreal. I first came to study Early Childhood Education at McGill. It was a lonely time for me. Away from home for the first time. My parents didn’t believe in summer camps.
I didn’t like teaching kindergarten. All that discipline and yelling and screaming all at once…no I had the book first…he hit me…Patty peed in her pants. So I went on to get a B.A. in Education so I could teach high school. My first teaching job was teaching poetry to a group of drop-outs who were no older than I was and even some of the boys in my class were my brother’s friends. It was weird. Teaching High School didn’t turn out to be the be all and end all of saving the world.
After that, I got a neat job teaching English as second language for this company run by a really old woman who let me do practically whatever I wanted. I got to create a lot in those years.
And then I needed to travel. I did some research at The British Museum Library on my own grant. It was on Alice in Wonderland. The real reason why I wanted to do this research was that I just wanted to read from the original Lewis Carroll manuscript. Man, did they ever survey that manuscript. You’d think I was taking out Russian spy material.
Fast forward. I went back to study Applied Linguistics at Concordia University in Montreal where I almost got an M.A. degree if it weren’t for this professor (Gosh I wish I could remember her name…she was ancient) who didn’t think that using music to teach a second language was cool to use with adults. Although, a year later she kind of got with it and delivered a speech at an ESL convention using my material! Really. Now, that’s not fair.
Okay, so bad things happen to good people. I write a few ESL books that sell fairly well. Maybe you’ve heard or even used some of them: Open For Business and Windows on Sci-Tech. These were under my married name Carol Ann Fournier.
So I have my Andy Warhol fifteen minutes of fame and now what?
Oh, I know… I want to write crime novels. But don’t I need some kind of credibility, like maybe having been a criminal myself or a detective (which really, really would have been super cool, if in my good old days they’d accepted women in the police force).
I went back to university to get a M.Sc. in criminology and then ended up teaching Police Technology and Corrections for eighteen years in a college in the north end of Montreal. How’s that for credibility?
In the meantime, I got divorced and found myself side tracking from crime writing and writing about dating. Horror!
Here I am, years later and too many dates to keep track of but with a collection of dating stories and a novel.
Now you know my sad story of how I became a writer. But wait, that’s not all. I’m only beginning.
I didn’t like teaching kindergarten. All that discipline and yelling and screaming all at once…no I had the book first…he hit me…Patty peed in her pants. So I went on to get a B.A. in Education so I could teach high school. My first teaching job was teaching poetry to a group of drop-outs who were no older than I was and even some of the boys in my class were my brother’s friends. It was weird. Teaching High School didn’t turn out to be the be all and end all of saving the world.
After that, I got a neat job teaching English as second language for this company run by a really old woman who let me do practically whatever I wanted. I got to create a lot in those years.
And then I needed to travel. I did some research at The British Museum Library on my own grant. It was on Alice in Wonderland. The real reason why I wanted to do this research was that I just wanted to read from the original Lewis Carroll manuscript. Man, did they ever survey that manuscript. You’d think I was taking out Russian spy material.
Fast forward. I went back to study Applied Linguistics at Concordia University in Montreal where I almost got an M.A. degree if it weren’t for this professor (Gosh I wish I could remember her name…she was ancient) who didn’t think that using music to teach a second language was cool to use with adults. Although, a year later she kind of got with it and delivered a speech at an ESL convention using my material! Really. Now, that’s not fair.
Okay, so bad things happen to good people. I write a few ESL books that sell fairly well. Maybe you’ve heard or even used some of them: Open For Business and Windows on Sci-Tech. These were under my married name Carol Ann Fournier.
So I have my Andy Warhol fifteen minutes of fame and now what?
Oh, I know… I want to write crime novels. But don’t I need some kind of credibility, like maybe having been a criminal myself or a detective (which really, really would have been super cool, if in my good old days they’d accepted women in the police force).
I went back to university to get a M.Sc. in criminology and then ended up teaching Police Technology and Corrections for eighteen years in a college in the north end of Montreal. How’s that for credibility?
In the meantime, I got divorced and found myself side tracking from crime writing and writing about dating. Horror!
Here I am, years later and too many dates to keep track of but with a collection of dating stories and a novel.
Now you know my sad story of how I became a writer. But wait, that’s not all. I’m only beginning.
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March 22, 2018
An intriguing premise - finding your Prince Charming - in this book will keep you interested especially if you are in that phase of your life. Campbell is doing research and hopes to complete her paper and win an award at completion.
Campbell run workshops to gain more information for her research. In her latest workshop she has three women, Suzy, Missi, and Felicity, who are all having issues in their lives finding Mr. Right and/or dealing with relationships with their fathers.
The author has created an enjoyable story that will reach all women wherever they are in their lives. This is a creative look into relationships and how each person dealt with their individual problems finding happiness. The author has created interesting characters who are believable and flawed in one way or another. These characters work beyond these flaws to find their niches in life to gain happiness and fulfillment in one or another.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to all woman and men who want to see beyond the myth or mystique of Mr. Right.
Campbell run workshops to gain more information for her research. In her latest workshop she has three women, Suzy, Missi, and Felicity, who are all having issues in their lives finding Mr. Right and/or dealing with relationships with their fathers.
The author has created an enjoyable story that will reach all women wherever they are in their lives. This is a creative look into relationships and how each person dealt with their individual problems finding happiness. The author has created interesting characters who are believable and flawed in one way or another. These characters work beyond these flaws to find their niches in life to gain happiness and fulfillment in one or another.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to all woman and men who want to see beyond the myth or mystique of Mr. Right.
April 10, 2015
Mr. Right, Where Are You? Paging Mr. Right!
If it were only that easy! But, of course, it is not.
Carol Balawyder has captured the psychological and the emotional, two strong detrimental or favorable adherents to how to succeed in finding Prince Charming. This book is more truth than fiction and one or more of the main characters will resonate within you in the dating/relationship/marriage arena.
Do you sabotage your own chances for happiness? Do you have a father or lack-of-father complex? Do you fall in love too easily and unrealistically? Or will this wonderful storytelling open your eyes to what you are really looking for? Of course, you have to know what that is first.
Campbell, Felicity, Suzy, and especially recently separated Missi are thrown together in a scientific study to debunk the Prince Charming myth. Surprises are in store galore as everyone's perceptions are altered by their personal choices and push-me/pull-me energy of the group. The readers will all learn valuable lessons, some with happiness, some with sadness. Just as the reader will follow along with the great research that had gone into this novel.
Truth may be stranger than fiction. But fiction allows the truth to surface in amazing way.
I highly recommend this great read for women of all ages and men who may want to understand us creatures from Venus a little better. Enjoy the ride!
If it were only that easy! But, of course, it is not.
Carol Balawyder has captured the psychological and the emotional, two strong detrimental or favorable adherents to how to succeed in finding Prince Charming. This book is more truth than fiction and one or more of the main characters will resonate within you in the dating/relationship/marriage arena.
Do you sabotage your own chances for happiness? Do you have a father or lack-of-father complex? Do you fall in love too easily and unrealistically? Or will this wonderful storytelling open your eyes to what you are really looking for? Of course, you have to know what that is first.
Campbell, Felicity, Suzy, and especially recently separated Missi are thrown together in a scientific study to debunk the Prince Charming myth. Surprises are in store galore as everyone's perceptions are altered by their personal choices and push-me/pull-me energy of the group. The readers will all learn valuable lessons, some with happiness, some with sadness. Just as the reader will follow along with the great research that had gone into this novel.
Truth may be stranger than fiction. But fiction allows the truth to surface in amazing way.
I highly recommend this great read for women of all ages and men who may want to understand us creatures from Venus a little better. Enjoy the ride!
July 13, 2016
Mr. Prince Charming
A delightful book for all ages of women looking for Mr. Right! You will not be disappointed if you are in that limbo part of life!
A delightful book for all ages of women looking for Mr. Right! You will not be disappointed if you are in that limbo part of life!
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