Whirled: Life, Loss, and Healing on the High Plains

by Jane Willis

“Whirled” is the memoir of a minister who moves from big city life to a small town church in Wyoming, where she learns to live with one foot in history and the other in modern culture. After a tragic loss, wildfires in the nearby mountains, and nagging self-doubt, the author finds healing, wholeness, and a sense of place in the windy local landscape. “ Life, Loss, and Healing on the High Plains” is written with humor and honesty. Anyone who finds themselves on an unexpected journey will find inspiration here. Dog lovers will appreciate the author’s adventures with Tango, her miniature Australian shepherd. Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy her vivid descriptions of the stark Wyoming terrain.

138 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 9, 2014

About the author

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Jane Willis has worked extensively overseas as an English teacher, trainer and writer. She recently retired from Aston University, Birmingham, UK, where she taught English and tutored for 12 years on their Distance Learning Masters in TESOL & TESP programmes, working with teachers world-wide. She still travels widely as an ELT consultant and enjoys attending international conferences.

Her prize-winning books include English for Primary Teachers, a handbook of activities and classroom language, co-authored with Mary Slattery, (Oxford University Press) which has won two awards and been translated into six languages, and Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching, co-edited with Corony Edwards, (Palgrave Macmillan) which won the British Council Innovations Award in 2006.