Secrets of Eden: a novel
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9780307394972
9780307705068
9780307394989
9780307589705
9780307705068
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| Grouped Work ID | 4e39217a-e107-a510-9a9a-26e569383fff |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | secrets of eden |
| Grouping Author | chris bohjalian |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-06-26 05:07:19AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-06-26 05:13:17AM |
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NOW A LIFETIME TV MOVIE STARRING JOHN STAMOS
INDIE NEXT PICK • From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes 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.”
INDIE NEXT PICK • From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes 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.”
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2010
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Books on Tape
Crown
Shaye Areheart Books
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Clergy -- Fiction
Murder victims -- Fiction
Murder victims' families -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Murder victims -- Fiction
Murder victims' families -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
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Secrets of Eden : a novel
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Secrets of Eden A Novel
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Secrets of Eden
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Clergy
Fiction
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Suspense
Thriller
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Murder victims
Murder victims' families
Mystery
Suspense
Thriller
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