Magazine Nov-Dec 2018

A REAL PAIGE TURNER

NEWS

Our Tuesday night was made extra special as Club Member and newly-minted author Paige Parker launched her book to Members on October 23. From being held at gunpoint in Angola to teaching a spontaneous aerobics class to a group of women in Saudi Arabia, Paige delighted the crowd with anecdotes and video footages from her epic Guinness World Record trip with then-fiancé Jim Rogers. Jim’s account of the trip, Adventure Capitalist , was written almost immediately after the trip, but why was Paige’s side of the story only published 10 years after? With two daughters, a move across the Pacific to our sunny shores and a host of philanthropic work under her belt, it’s a wonder Paige gets anything else done. But the multi-hyphenated woman wanted to show daughter Happy her side of the story – her relationship with her family, her growth from a Southern American belle to a woman of the world, and how the 3-year round-the-world trip changed her irrevocably. Thankfully, writing was the only constant when Paige was on the road, and the sharpness of those memories helped to keep the trip fresh in her mind even a decade later. Paige’s tale of self-discovery is humorous, uplifting, and serves to inspire everyone to step out of their comfort zones. While investment mogul and husband Jim Rogers has made a name for himself around the world, it is Paige – board member of UN Women, gemologist, loyal supporter of the local arts and now a published author – we have our eye on. Don’t Call Me Mrs Rogers: Love, Loathing and Our Epic Drive Around the World by Paige Parker “Paige’s unparalleled confidence, forthrightness and generosity reach right into the hearts of all who know her. Wisdom so insightful, prose so simply beautiful, her memoir will leave every reader with indelible memories.” – Lynn Yeow-de Vito, co-founder of Loop PR and Sassy Mama Singapore “Paige did what all of us secretly want to do: go on an amazing adventure of self-discovery…yet we should all be so brave, to reach outside our comfort zones, to experience, to dream, to be curious and most importantly, to be open to people and situations.” – Georgette Tan, president of the Singapore Committee for UN Women BEST SELLER Non-Fiction Top 10 at Kinokuniya

Don’t Call Me Mrs Rogers: Love, Loathing & Our Epic Drive Around the World is available at all major bookstores.

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