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Michele Lewis


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Michele Lewis, has a master's degree in Secondary English Education and a bachelor's in English and has been a high school English teacher in Maine and Colorado for more than twelve years.  In 2004, as a single mom, she quit teaching for a year, cashed in her retirement, and spent a year working full-time on "Reaching Out from the Inside."  She lives in Colorado with her husband and sons.  The story was inspired by true events that happened to the author over ten years ago.

Reaching Out from the Inside

Michele Lewis
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595454259
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (4/08)

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Synopsis: High school teacher Mare Lumen has always strived to live a good, honorable life. But when her brother is accused of some terrible crimes, her family's name is splashed across the headlines of every newspaper and newscast in her home state of Maine. The statewide scandal launches Mare on a difficult and life-changing journey that results in a deep experience of compassion, surrender, and healing.

Is it possible for someone we love to cause so much suffering? Can a good person do "bad" things? Both Mare and her marriage are tested. Mare knows she's not the first to walk this road of pain, and, as she teaches her students about literature and mythology, she recognizes the mythic crossroads in her own life. She must choose… Will she expand and grow, or shut down and harden under the pressure? As she learns to integrate the lessons, she awakens to a broader spiritual reality, where she receives guidance from a surprising source: her dreams. With the help of her visionary experiences and her connection to nature, Mare enters an intense phase of inner transformation where she begins to understand the web of connection that unites all.