Sushila Niles

Where Grace Abounds (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Some may think that autobiographies are boring and may not want to read them, especially if it is about someone who is not famous. I can assure you that Where Grace Abounds is not a typical story. It is the story of a woman born in a small and remote island in the Indian ocean to an average family who succeeded in moving from her parochial background to go places, earn two post-graduate degrees in two distant countries, and live in diverse cultural settings, as student and teacher, and then entered the world stage as an academic who achieved recognition.

During her life journey she experienced many challenges; first when she went to England to further her education, accompanied by her husband and two very young children, to face loneliness living among strangers, as well as endure severe weather conditions and poverty. She also braved trials when she travelled to Australia for her doctoral studies leaving behind her family and living in student accommodation, facing loneliness. She took up teaching in Nigeria, going there without her husband but accompanied by her children and faced an alien culture and their unfamiliar way of living. The many challenges she experienced were the scarcity of essential amenities, near desert weather conditions and failing health. But through all the many changing scenes of life God's grace sustained her and ultimately transformed her ordinary life into something remarkable. This book will interest all irrespective of age, ethnicity or faith.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sushila Niles
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798227892768
• Artikelnr.: 72387019

Autorenporträt

Looking back on the life she lived; Sushila Niles feels it would be good share her story which is a remarkable read. Her life began in a small and remote island in the Indian ocean and was an unremarkable life till an unexpected event, (obtaining a university teaching position), changed the trajectory of her life. She obtained a Master's degree from Manchester England and holds a doctorate from Melbourne Australia. Having taught at universities in Sri Lanka and Nigeria, she then became a Senior Lecturer at a university in Australia till her retirement.

Sushila is no stranger to writing having published professional papers in reputed journals in psychology and education, in the USA and England throughout her academic life. She was involved in creative writing in her youth, writing novelettes and poems as a school girl, and was on the editorial board of a college newsletter. Even now in her declining years she produces a newsletter for retirement villages. Her life throughout has been challenging as well as exciting; living, studying, and working in diverse cultural settings in the West as well as in Africa. Many times, she faced enormous challenges but came through much stronger because of God's grace. All honour and glory to God. She is now 90 years old but still has a sharp mind and a strong commitment to church and society. She loves life, loves to sing and loves to bring joy to the lonely and sad people around her. This is a story of a long and fruitful life.

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