Jun 14

I’m Not A Paki

Susan Vickers is a broadcaster, model, entrepreneur and community champion supporting many local festivals, charities and events.

She broadcasts daily on international radio to over 985k people and uses her platform to talk about and raise issues many of us struggle through daily.

This book has been over 30 years in the making, dealing with family, mental health, identity, and sacrifice. However, with the cultural revolution over the past few years, Susan has finally been able to feel the world is a safer place to talk about her struggles with identity.

Behind the facade of a confident, strong, empowered lady lies an abused, tormented, an abandoned child wanting to be accepted and loved.

 

But in a world where the National Front was a pandemic and growing up in a sea of white faces and abuse, Susan was drowning in humiliation and hatred. When the world judged her by her skin colour, her only way to survive was through denial or seeking revenge.

 

Or get answers!!

THE INVISIBLE GIRL

You can read my full story here, from when I was ten years old and what happened to me. I was admitted to a psychiatric unit at fifteen and continued to suffer throughout my adult life with feelings of self-hatred, fear, darkness and not knowing who I was. I used addictions to help me to cope on the outside when the inside was chaotic. I finally found my healing and had a burning desire to share this with the universe to give love, hope and inspiration to others in pain.

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass

Anton Chekhov