Secrets of Eden
by Chris Bohjalian | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 184737834X Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 184737834X Global Overview for this book
Registered by Needle-n-Thread of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on 4/10/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Needle-n-Thread from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, April 10, 2011
Amazon Editorial Review:
A novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the cryptic finality of that short utterance, feels his faith in God slipping away and is saved from despair only by a meeting with Heather Laurent, the author of wildly successful, inspirational books about . . . angels.
Heather survived a childhood that culminated in her own parents' murder-suicide, so she identifies deeply with Alice’s daughter, Katie, offering herself as a mentor to the girl and a shoulder for Stephen – who flees the pulpit to be with Heather and see if there is anything to be salvaged from the spiritual wreckage around him.
But then the State's Attorney begins to suspect that Alice's husband may not have killed himself. . .and finds out that Alice had secrets only her minister knew.
Secrets of Eden is both a haunting literary thriller and a deeply evocative testament to the inner complexities that mark all of our lives. Once again Chris Bohjalian has given us a riveting page-turner in which nothing is precisely what it seems. As one character remarks, “Believe no one. Trust no one. Assume all of our stories are suspect.”
A novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the cryptic finality of that short utterance, feels his faith in God slipping away and is saved from despair only by a meeting with Heather Laurent, the author of wildly successful, inspirational books about . . . angels.
Heather survived a childhood that culminated in her own parents' murder-suicide, so she identifies deeply with Alice’s daughter, Katie, offering herself as a mentor to the girl and a shoulder for Stephen – who flees the pulpit to be with Heather and see if there is anything to be salvaged from the spiritual wreckage around him.
But then the State's Attorney begins to suspect that Alice's husband may not have killed himself. . .and finds out that Alice had secrets only her minister knew.
Secrets of Eden is both a haunting literary thriller and a deeply evocative testament to the inner complexities that mark all of our lives. Once again Chris Bohjalian has given us a riveting page-turner in which nothing is precisely what it seems. As one character remarks, “Believe no one. Trust no one. Assume all of our stories are suspect.”
Journal Entry 2 by Needle-n-Thread at Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, April 10, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (4/10/2011 UTC) at Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Not one of my favourite reads.
Passed the book onto Goldenwattle.
Passed the book onto Goldenwattle.
Journal Entry 3 by 
goldenwattle
at Old Parliament House Garden in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, May 1, 2011
goldenwattle at Old Parliament House Garden in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, May 1, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (5/1/2011 UTC) at Old Parliament House Garden in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory Australia
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released in the old House of Representatives garden (eastern side). Left on a bench under the arbour.This book is released for:
2011 Keep Them Moving Challenge
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ADDED 10/5/2011: I cycled that way today to check if the book were still there. I didn't expect it be and it wasn't. I hope we will hear from it soon.
