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Title:
This other Eden : a novel
Summary:
In 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. During 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. -- Amazon.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
221 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
Publication Date:
2023
ISBN:
9781324036296
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]

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Call Number:
HARDING
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