The Wrong Side of Eternity

The Wrong Side of Eternity: A Present-Day Passion

  3-time Award Winner!
2016 Pinnacle Award for historical fiction
2017-2018 Finalist, multi-cultural fiction
(Best Book & Book Excellence Awards)
Available now from Author Reputation Press

This 'present-day passion' story is set in overlapping worlds of West Coast America and Rural Uganda between the late 1970s and 2001. Here, Andrew Greeley’s spiritually-spiced narrative style joins with a setting similar to Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. The story’s depth, intrigue, and tantalizing use of symbol will engage readers who marvel at human resilience in the face of tragedy, and appeals to anyone feeling marginalized in a complex world. In contrast to entirely horrific accounts of Rwanda’s genocide, it dares to offer situational humor, insight, and Hope.

"Mendenhall definitely knows how to write."   -- New York Literary Review
The Author Speaks: a recent radio interview:  https://youtu.be/iu-4nrGlxoc

Reviews:
**"Masterfully written and well-conceived, The Wrong Side of Eternity is an important, thought-provoking novel with staying power. Mendenhall skillfully layers powerful dramatic details into this emotionally-stirring tale. Both the setting and complex characters are vividly drawn and believable, making for an engrossing read."
- NY Literary Magazine

"This is such a great read; my heart is wrung out... You know your subject, the places and the time, yet there's no self-satisfied ego there, no neatly anticipated sweet resolutions. There's irony, but it's relevant. We are empowered to connect**."
--- M. Dewey-Tudor, artist

Kirkus Reviews (excerpt): “This novel, set alternately in Uganda and California, offers a paradigm of struggle between faith and the secular world…A demanding but rewarding religious story.”

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to right: initial cover published by CreateSpace.