Marc parent author biography

MARC PARENT is the author of Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize as well as a New Visions nominee and a NEBA Honorary Selection, and Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me.

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Marc Parent is the author of "Turning Stones: My Days & Nights with Children at Risk" & has written for the "New York Times" & "USA Today" among other.

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Books by Marc Parent

Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk
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The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
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Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children
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Gerard Malanga: Screen Tests, Portraits, Nudes
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Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me about Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life
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Stella
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Nonfiction Bestsellers: Volume 1: Who Wants to Be Me?, Empty Promises, the Rescue Season, Beleiving It All
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La casa del coniglio bianco
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Marc parent author biography

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Books by Marc Parent

Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk
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avg rating — ratings — published — 6 editions

The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
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avg rating — ratings — published — 16 editions

Believing It All: Lessons I Learned from My Children
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avg rating — ratings — published — 15 editions

Gerard Malanga: Screen Tests, Portraits, Nudes
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avg rating — 9 ratings — published — 3 editions

Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me about Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life
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avg rating — 2 ratings — published

Stella
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avg rating — 2 ratings — published

Nonfiction Bestsellers: Volume 1: Who Wants to Be Me?, Empty Promises, the Rescue Season, Beleiving It All
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liked it avg rating — 1 rating

La casa del coniglio bianco
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Marc Parent

Early life

Marc Parent was born February 5, , in Verdun, Quebec. At the age of 12, he joined the 51st Air Cadet Squadron in Ottawa but later switched to the rd Air Cadet eskader in Montreal. He obtained his pilot’s license through the Air Cadets at age 17 and was an Air Cadet for six years.

Education

In , Parent graduated with a Bachelor’s grad in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnique Montreal, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec. Parent also completed an Advanced Management schema at Harvard Business School.

Career

Parent began his career in as an aerospace engineer with Canadair, a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada. He began with the Challenger and Canadair Regional Jet programs and continued with them after Canadair was sold to Bombardier by the Mulroney Government in In , Parent became Manager of the Challenger’s mechanical systems. Three years later, he was tasked with se