The Wrong Side of Eternity

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>In Uganda Charity Ntambara and her uncle Geoffrey suffer indescribable horrors during the regime of Idi Amin while half a world away self-assured Irish-Mexican Stephen O'Connell escapes a small-town checkered past to pursue education near San Francisco. There fresh ideas-and people as diverse as brilliant anti-feminist Madeleine the musical genius Bryce and very earthy Julie Burns-pull his soul in opposing directions. 'By chance' he prevents the murder of a Ugandan refugee catapulting him irrevocably into a world of need and danger.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Black-and-white thinking proves no help to Stephen upon encountering the blood-red reality of violence in East Africa some years later. He finds that he too has the capacity to harm others. When a case of mistaken identity nearly destroys his family he must start afresh in a 'civilized' place where safety remains elusive. Friends and colleagues as different as the four elements all labor to make the world a better place. But in the end who will succeed?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>The Wrong Side of Eternity</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> offers a deeply personal view of how people with very different perspectives respond to and deal with suffering. Comparable to The Poisonwood Bible and Th e Constant Gardener Mary Mendenhall's sweeping passion narrative depicts grim reality without giving in to hopelessness and despair.</span></p><p></p>