Elmington
No good deed goes unpunished in a willfully blind, technocratic society.
Elmington
by Renee Lehnen
Genre: Social Satirical Fiction
No
good deed goes unpunished in a willfully blind, technocratic
society.
Gordon
Gray, a retired librarian, only wishes to chain smoke, read
twentieth-century novels by dead white men, and at the time of his
choosing, shuffle off his mortal coil. Everyone from his
thanatophobic doctor to his New Age neighbour has an opinion on what
Gordon should want and how he should be treated. When his daughter
Martha arrives from the West Coast, she finds Gordon disheveled,
wheezy, and cantankerous in his squalid bungalow. She remains in
Elmington to negotiate with his meddlesome entourage and look after
him. Seven months later, Gordon is dead, and Martha is in police
custody for the crime of caring unconventionally.
Winner
of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best
Unpublished Manuscript in 2022
“Very
engaging, great dialogue, great dark humour and social commentary.”
– Crime Writers of Canada Judges
"The central
characters in Elmington crackle with complexity and conflicted
feelings as they navigate the minefield of end-of-life decision
making. As Renee Lehnen’s pitch perfect prose animates the
fictional town, the tensions simmering just below its gleaming
surface emerge. This timely and unforgettable book confronts the most
difficult choices a family can be asked to make - and the constraints
within which those decisions are forced to unfold.” — Judith
Harway, author of the memoir Sundown and
three collections of poetry
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Renee Lehnen is a registered nurse by profession and a writer by passion. Her short stories have been published in the anthologies "Dark Secrets" and "Murder! Mystery! Mayhem!" In addition, she was the 2019 winner and 2020 runner-up of Stratford Rotary’s short story contest. In 2023, her Victorian romance novel, "What Love Demands", was released by The Wild Rose Press under her pen name, Renata North. Renee lives in Stratford, Ontario with her husband.
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I really must read this. Each post makes me want to read it more. Thanks
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