{"product_id":"this-other-eden","title":"This Other Eden","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThis Other Eden\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePaul Harding\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781324074526\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys' descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated, and often hungry, but nevertheless protected from the hostility awaiting them on the mainland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the tumultuous summer of 1912, Matthew Diamond, a retired, idealistic but prejudiced schoolteacher-turned-missionary, disrupts the community's fragile balance through his efforts to educate its children. His presence attracts the attention of authorities on the mainland who, under the influence of the eugenics-thinking popular among progressives of the day, decide to forcibly evacuate the island, institutionalize its residents, and develop the island as a vacation destination. Beginning with a hurricane flood reminiscent of the story of Noah's Ark, the novel ends with yet another Ark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn prose of breathtaking beauty and power, Paul Harding brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters: Iris and Violet McDermott, sisters raising three orphaned Penobscot children; Theophilus and Candace Larks and their brood of vagabond children; the prophetic Zachary Hand to God Proverbs, a Civil War veteran who lives in a hollow tree; and more. A spellbinding story of resistance and survival, \u003cem\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring testament to the struggle to preserve human dignity in the face of intolerance and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"This Other Eden | Paul Harding | Paperback | 9781324074526 | New | Fiction 1569810","offer_id":50596321788162,"sku":"1569810","price":33.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61TqqQLdcwL.jpg?v=1791122820","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/this-other-eden","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}