Willow in a Storm isn't your usual prison memoir, informing readers of prison conditions in this country and presenting the story of one person's experience of incarceration and the judicial system. Willow in a Storm is that, but much more: it is a story with lessons for all readers, especially those facing extraordinary challenges or hardship - lessons which, if applied, could lead readers to greater wisdom in living their own lives, though those lives may be far away from jails, courts, and prisons. Jim Taylor survived over forty years incarceration, in some of the toughest institutions in the U.S. federal penal system, with the help of others, but also through his own strong desire and shear determination to become a respectable man. Then he held out his hand to others who also wanted to become better than what they were, hoping to help them as he had been helped.
Chapter 1 of Willow in a Storm is coming to this blog soon. In the meantime, have a look at the video we did for the book.
Like most authors with a new book, we have endorsing statements from various experts to help you know that this is a book you will want to read. Here is one endorsement of which we are especially proud.
"Prison stories always take me to the edge of my own soul and push me up against my own limitations as I try to imagine how I would respond to the brutishness of penal confinement. James Peter Taylor’s Willow in a Storm is such a story, but it goes deeper than I expected; even after all the horrific experience I’ve gained on death row and at executions.
"I was stunned by Willow in a Storm. It is the story of one man’s long life, and his truly spiritual journey into the abyss of our country’s penal system, and miraculously, almost mythically, his survival and return to society. With the assistance of his wife, James Peter Taylor, now approaching his eightieth year, tells this harrowing and inspiring story with class, directness, and honesty."
– Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking
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