{"product_id":"this-other-eden-a-novel-by-paul-harding","title":"This Other Eden: A Novel by Paul Harding","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\u003eA New Yorker Best Books of 2023 • An NPR 2023 \"Books We Love\" Pick • An NPR Top 10 Book of 2023 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • A New York Times 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 Publisher's Weekly Best Fiction of 2023\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":"Catnap Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":53593966936330,"sku":"9781324036296","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4730\/2666\/files\/1D4F4E7D-B6DA-4AE8-A77D-1EB6692171E3.jpg?v=1788007907","url":"https:\/\/catnapbooks.nl\/products\/this-other-eden-a-novel-by-paul-harding","provider":"Catnap Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}