- Title:
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Secrets of Eden
- Written by:
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Chris Bohjalian
- Read by:
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Kathe Mazur; Susan Denaker; Mark Bramhall; Rebecca Lowman
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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11 hours 17 minutes
- Published:
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October 01 2010
- Available Date:
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October 28 2010
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742673875
- Genres:
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Fiction; Literary Fiction; Psychological Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Four Starred Review on Amazon
"A masterfully human and compassionate tale."
Publishers Weekly
From the bestselling author of 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.
"A superb ensemble cast keeps the characters clearly delineated in this harrowing story of abuse, alcoholism, and murder-suicide in an idyllic New Hampshire village. Soon the mourners begin to look like suspects as forensics point up discrepancies in people's stories. Mark Bramhall is perfect as the overwhelmed pastor—stodgy, serious, and riddled with guilt by his lack of faith. Susan Denaker is utterly believable as author Heather, a woman whose tragic life causes her to rely on angels. Rebecca Lowman shines as the daughter left behind to pick up the pieces after her parents' deaths, and Kathe Mazur is appropriately hard-boiled as the state attorney trying to catch someone in a cover-up."
AudioFile Magazine