Elmington

Narrated by Carol Anne Shaw
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Pub Date Apr 21 2024 | Archive Date Apr 22 2024
Storeylines Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks

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Description

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. 

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...


A Note From the Publisher

eBook: 9780992046095

Paperback: 9780992046088

Hardcover: 9798859192694

Large-Print Paperback: 9781998389117

eBook: 9780992046095

Paperback: 9780992046088

Hardcover: 9798859192694

Large-Print Paperback: 9781998389117


Advance Praise

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Unpublished Manuscript in 2022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 

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Unpublished Manuscript in 2022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...


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Available Editions

EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9781998389131
PRICE $16.99 (USD)
DURATION 10 Hours, 24 Minutes, 11 Seconds

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