--- product_id: 82668420 title: "Eden" price: "173 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 6 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/82668420-eden store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Eden **Price:** 173 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Eden - **How much does it cost?** 173 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/82668420-eden) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Eden [Kleine, Andrea] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Eden Review: A dark novel of the aftermath of trauma - As teenagers, Hope and her sister, Eden, accepted a ride from a stranger named Larry who claimed to have been sent by their father to pick them up. This novel picks up decades later, when Hope--a struggling playwright--attempts to track down Eden, whom she has lost contact with, for reasons relating to the aftermath of that fateful night. "Eden" is a slow-paced, sometimes tense novel that shifts back and forth between Hope's adult life and her encounter with Larry, slowly revealing the trauma from her past. This back-and-forth shifting of time perspectives is what makes this novel work so well; told linearly, the story would be much less interesting and suspenseful. But at the heart of the novel are the themes of guilt and survival: What does it mean to survive a horrific trauma? Can Hope's father ever forgive himself for the mistake that led him not be there to pick the girls up himself? One of the most searing passages in the entire book, for me, was the section on pp. 177-179 where Hope envisions her father looking at the calendar and realizing that he had mixed the weekends up: "He will squint at the dates...Then he will start to get nervous. His stomach will feel dry. He won't know what to do. His legs will be frozen....And my dad will finally snap out of it and grab the phone and desperately dial my mom's number..." Any parent who has ever had the heart-sinking experience of not being able to locate their young child (and this includes pretty much every parent who ever lived) can empathize with Hope's father's anguish in this moment. This novel also explores the truth that even when traumatic events have a "happy" ending (Hope and Eden, after all, survive their abduction), the psychological effects can be long-lasting. Hope is barely functioning as an independent adult when the novel opens, unemployed and having just been kicked out of the illegal sublet she was staying in after the dissolution of her one long-term relationship. As she muses toward the end of the novel, "Somewhere in my head I thought surviving Larry gave me a certain kind of strength, an invincibility. No one could destroy me. Although, at the moment, I appeared to be doing a good job of destroying myself." Her search for Eden provides the vehicle for processing what had happened to both of them and offers the possibility of both closure and moving on. This is in many ways a dark and disturbing novel. But Kleine is a gifted novelist, and her characters--even the minor ones playing bit roles--sparkle with complexity and individuality. I look forward to reading more of her work. Review: Well done - I enjoyed it. A not-so-young woman anymore searching for her absentee sister to finally deal with a heinous crime they both experienced many years before. In the end, the author tells us, you must heal yourself and not rely on others. It’s well put together and each character fleshed out with a story that moves quickly. Looking forward to other work by the writer. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #6,198 in Sisters Fiction #25,805 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction #33,494 in Family Life Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (50) | | Dimensions | 6 x 1 x 8.75 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1328884082 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1328884084 | | Item Weight | 13.4 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 262 pages | | Publication date | January 1, 2015 | | Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | ## Images ![Eden - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81k3-RTr7PL.jpg) ![Eden - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81X-rtlmwEL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A dark novel of the aftermath of trauma *by M***N on May 29, 2018* As teenagers, Hope and her sister, Eden, accepted a ride from a stranger named Larry who claimed to have been sent by their father to pick them up. This novel picks up decades later, when Hope--a struggling playwright--attempts to track down Eden, whom she has lost contact with, for reasons relating to the aftermath of that fateful night. "Eden" is a slow-paced, sometimes tense novel that shifts back and forth between Hope's adult life and her encounter with Larry, slowly revealing the trauma from her past. This back-and-forth shifting of time perspectives is what makes this novel work so well; told linearly, the story would be much less interesting and suspenseful. But at the heart of the novel are the themes of guilt and survival: What does it mean to survive a horrific trauma? Can Hope's father ever forgive himself for the mistake that led him not be there to pick the girls up himself? One of the most searing passages in the entire book, for me, was the section on pp. 177-179 where Hope envisions her father looking at the calendar and realizing that he had mixed the weekends up: "He will squint at the dates...Then he will start to get nervous. His stomach will feel dry. He won't know what to do. His legs will be frozen....And my dad will finally snap out of it and grab the phone and desperately dial my mom's number..." Any parent who has ever had the heart-sinking experience of not being able to locate their young child (and this includes pretty much every parent who ever lived) can empathize with Hope's father's anguish in this moment. This novel also explores the truth that even when traumatic events have a "happy" ending (Hope and Eden, after all, survive their abduction), the psychological effects can be long-lasting. Hope is barely functioning as an independent adult when the novel opens, unemployed and having just been kicked out of the illegal sublet she was staying in after the dissolution of her one long-term relationship. As she muses toward the end of the novel, "Somewhere in my head I thought surviving Larry gave me a certain kind of strength, an invincibility. No one could destroy me. Although, at the moment, I appeared to be doing a good job of destroying myself." Her search for Eden provides the vehicle for processing what had happened to both of them and offers the possibility of both closure and moving on. This is in many ways a dark and disturbing novel. But Kleine is a gifted novelist, and her characters--even the minor ones playing bit roles--sparkle with complexity and individuality. I look forward to reading more of her work. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well done *by Q***3 on October 22, 2018* I enjoyed it. A not-so-young woman anymore searching for her absentee sister to finally deal with a heinous crime they both experienced many years before. In the end, the author tells us, you must heal yourself and not rely on others. It’s well put together and each character fleshed out with a story that moves quickly. Looking forward to other work by the writer. ### ⭐⭐ Bland *by A***R on December 19, 2020* This was a miss for me. Forced myself to finish it but mostly skimmed the last half because it was so bland. Not sure how it’s called a “thriller”. The end was very disappointing and stilted. There didn’t seem to be follow through with any of the “events” throughout the book. Like the author couldn’t figure out how to segue from one thing to the next. 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