Beyond Reach
Now available on Amazon and at the following Ontario book stores
- Fincher’s, Goderich
- Rural Reading Room, North Huron Publishing, Blyth
- The Village Bookshop, Bayfi
- Take Cover Books, Peterborough, ON
Beyond Reach
Now available on Amazon and at the following Ontario book stores
- Fincher’s, Goderich
- Rural Reading Room, North Huron Publishing, Blyth
- The Village Bookshop, Bayfi
- Take Cover Books, Peterborough, ON
Synopsis
Rae McKeon spent most of her life trying to reach her emotionally absent mother, Fern. Now that her mother has died, Rae seeks to discover the reason for Fern’s suffocating silences, the barriers she erected between herself and her family. The only person who could reach Fern was Rae’s daughter Hannah, but Rae has never been able to connect with Hannah either.
From unruly child to defiant teenager to unwed mother, Rae always seemed to find the most self-destructive means of coping with her life’s challenges. But even though Rae could defy her strict, disapproving father, protecting herself from her mother’s chronic depression proved to be her toughest challenge. When Rae finds a box of her mother’s diaries, she is suddenly able to decode the path of Fern’s life, even while she tries to sort out her own life, including her strange relationship with her long-term boyfriend and her estrangement from her daughter Hannah.
Through three generations, Beyond Reach explores the oppressions that have silenced women for centuries. Fern is crippled by fear, Rae by shame, and Hannah by judgment. Just like the main characters, the answers often seem beyond reach.
Reviews
Kept Me Guessing
Loved this book! I became so involved in the characters and the intrigue around their stories that I could hardly put it down. It was not predictable, which I like. It kept me guessing right up until the end.
— Janet A Wonderful Story
Beyond Reach by Sandi Plewis, is a wonderful story of three generations of women trying to understand why their childhoods and their lives turned out the way they did. Spreading the story out from the 40’s through to the 90’s also points out the different behaviours, interactions and expectations of parents, their spouses and their children. Truly a great read!
— Lyn Oliver Secrets Kept Beyond Reach
Beyond Reach by Sandi Plewis, is a wonderful story of three generations of women trying to understand why their childhoods and their lives turned out the way they did. Spreading the story out from the 40’s through to the 90’s also points out the different behaviours, interactions and expectations of parents, their spouses and their children. Truly a great read!
— an Amazon customer Gripping
Sandi weaves the story of 4 generations of women and the impact from generation to generation on those who came before. The setting explores their lives in rural SW Ontario and Muskoka district. This gripping novel explores how our ability to communicate effects those around us.
— Debra McAuslan