Midlife Monkeylala

Midlife Monkeylala

Who hasn’t dreamed of creating a new life by escaping to a paradise island? The author did just that and almost didn’t live to tell about it. Midlife Monkeylala is the true story of a teacher’s wacky adventures on the remote island of Roatan, Honduras, in the early 1990s before modernization. The author fuses a fascinating treasure trove of history and culture with life-threatening mishaps and local tragedies. Descriptions of school fiascos, quirky villagers, and misadventures of Miss Winnie’s Fishing Folly are humorous. The author’s growth from self-indulgent outsider to compassionate champion of indigent islanders is heartwarming. The author returned to Roatan twenty years later to resume learning about the true nature of paradise. Edwina Doyle Willis is a writer and retired teacher who lives in Texas. She is the author of eight books including The Wow of His Word: God's Amazing Handbook for Happiness and Rainbows to Remind Us: Great Character Building Quotations and World Proverbs.