Undertow

In Undertow, Beverley Shaw's lyrical novel, we experience how the undertow moves through our lives always, taking the form of crisis and opportunity. A chance rescue on a Nova Scotia beach braids together the lives of three strangers, compelling each to surrender their beliefs about success, normalcy, identity, borders, and above all, control. Moving between New York and Nova Scotia, Shaw writes with wisdom and knowing intimacy about loss and illness. Yet this is also a novel about birth, i...