{"product_id":"this-other-eden-a-novel","title":"This Other Eden: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Chautauqua Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Barack Obama's 15 favorite books of 2023 • A New Yorker Best Books of 2023 • An NPR 2023 \"Book We Love\" Pick and Top 10 Book of 2023 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023 and Best Historical Fiction of 2023 • A Chicago Public Library Favorite Book of 2023 • A Fresh Air Top 10 Best Book of 2023 • A Publishers Weekly Best Fiction of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A testament of love.\" ―Danez Smith, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast.\u003c\/p\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\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\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, This Other Eden is an enduring testament to the struggle to preserve human dignity in the face of intolerance and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ipage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891980005529,"sku":"9781324074526","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/7546\/2809\/files\/this-other-eden-a-novel-2637017.jpg?v=1773775868","url":"https:\/\/www.pagesandparcels.store\/products\/this-other-eden-a-novel","provider":"Pages \u0026 Parcels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}