Paws for Thought
1st Edition
Published on 7. April 2021
256 pages
978-1-955156-16-5 (ISBN)
Description
The diagnosis of cancer in her beloved dog pushes the author, a single working mother in a southern college town, inward to a place of powerlessness and despair, but also of heightened awareness. Stories from her past resurface as she is forced to reflect on a pet's brief lifetime. In Paws for Thought, she shares with the reader these thoughts and memories not chronologically, but as they bubbled up in the stream of consciousness, in the soul searching that often accompanies impending loss. The result is a personal journey that is both intimate and universal, a journey along a path that, while familiar and seemingly ordinary, unveils glimpses of the simple wisdom that surrounds us if, like a dog, we keep our senses open.
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Person
Jane Wheeler is an accidental author currently living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where the natural beauty of ocean and woods are close at hand. Paws for Thought is her first book, though her patchwork career has included professional and academic writing for universities including Duke and Johns Hopkins. Oriented toward the spiritual dimension of life, she seeks to bring more awareness, understanding, and love to those around her, and into the world, in daily ways. She offers Paws for Thought to the reader with this intention.
Content
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