Standing in His Shadow

About the Book

This book is about a young woman who’s in love with a married man. The man is also in several other committed relationships. She has two friends who does not like her man. It’s a love-hate kind of relationship. She has to deal with the baby-mama drama, dealing with the other women in his life. She is also dealing with trust issues and the lies as well as dealing with the physical and verbal abuse. She is also dealing with the fact that she lets this man manipulate her into letting all her dreams die. She found herself standing in his shadow, not knowing where he ends and where she begins. She is feeling foolish in front of her family and her two best friends, and she is having babies and a few miscarriages for this man. She has very low self-esteem, but after so many years with this man, they got married. She found herself, and the physical abuse ended. She still deals with some verbal abuse, but she is still deeply in love with this man.

About the Author

MRS. ERICA PARKER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. SHE IS THE OLDEST OF SIX CHILDREN AND ALL FOUR OF HER BROTHERS WAS MURDER BY GUN VIOLENCE. SHE HAS 1 SISTER AND HER MOTHER SHE IS ALSO MARRIED TO MR. MALCOLM M. PARKER SR. SHE HAS 4 CHILDREN AND 13 GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LOVE SPOILING HER GRANDCHILDREN, AND SPOILING OTHER PEOPLE CHILDREN, SHE LOVES COOKING, WRITING BOOKS, TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, AND LOVES TALKING ABOUT HER 4 BROTHERS WHO SHE DEEPLY MISSES THEY TRULY WERE HER JOY.