Beyond the Summer Grass (Turnstiles) - Softcover

McKenzie Raine, Andrea

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798634365732

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Evelyn Flanders, a former prostitute living abroad, has begun to get her life together. After discovering she is pregnant while residing in London, England, she decides to move back to her small hometown in Indiana to raise her child, a daughter, in the same house where she first experienced abuse. She wants to face her demons and reclaim her damaged past by transforming her childhood home into a positive, stable place to move forward. Evelyn didn’t count on the long memory of the small town residents. Years later, when her 13-year-old daughter is accidentally killed in a bullying incident, Evelyn is forced to rebuild her life once again. She sets out to find reconciliation for keeping a secret from her daughter that may have saved her life, and unexpectedly brings healing to people from her past whom she encounters.What secret could lead to a tragic death, stemming from a mother’s protective love?

About this title

About the Author

Andrea McKenzie Raine was born in Smithers, BC and grew up in Victoria, BC where she still resides. She was enrolled in the Creative Writing program and earned a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Victoria in 2000, and completed a post-degree Public Relations certificate program. She has attended the successful Planet Earth Poetry reading series (formerly known as Mocambopo) in Victoria, BC since 1997, and participated in the Glenairley writing retreats led by Canadian poet and novelist Patrick Lane in Sooke, BC. In 2005, she published her first book of poetry, titled A Mother's String, through Ekstasis Editions. Her poetry has also appeared in Mocambo Nights, Canadian Literature journal, Quills, Borderlines anthology (Ascent Aspirations magazine), Tempus anthology (Rubicon Press), Poems from Planet Earth (Leaf Press), Tongues of Fire anthology, and several Glenairley chapbooks edited by Patrick Lane (Leaf Press). She has also written book reviews and articles for local magazines, celebrating the work of her peers. She lives with her husband and two young sons and, by day, is employed as a correspondence writer for the provincial government. Turnstiles is her debut novel published by Inkwater Press. She also published her second novel, A Crowded Heart, through Inkwater Press, which is a prequel to Turnstiles. Her most recent novel is the third book in the Turnstiles series, a sequel titled Beyond the Summer Grass.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798634365732
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265