Against The Undertow

by Marilyn Medén

Marilyn Medén has spent many summers on the shore of Lake Huron. She now lives in Port Moody, B.C. In Against The Undertow Evelyn Spence, at eighty-five, a woman used to making her own decisions, and now threatened with dementia, decides to use suicide to control of the end of her life. She is forced to confront the deep disquiet of a wrong she has done to a daughter, the betrayal of trust from a favoured grandson, as well as her own fear and denial. Television exposure, which she envisions as a chance to immortalize herself, turns into a trial in which she is forced into honesty and atonement. Told with sensitivity and precise language, the novel illuminates the lives of three generations.

298 pages, Paperback

Published September 3, 2013

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is beautifully written and heart-wrenching. Marilyn creates deeply flawed characters with complicated relationships, yet she does it with a tenderness that makes you care. This book deals with an uncomfortable subject, but does it with grace and class. It took me a while to get around to reading this book but I did it at exactly the right time in my life. Brilliant.