{"product_id":"this-other-eden-von-paul-harding-1","title":"This Other Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e\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\u003e\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, \u003cem\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring testament to the struggle to preserve human dignity in the face of intolerance and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781324074526\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Novel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781324074526","offer_id":47144144011589,"sku":"9781324074526","price":12.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/64e80d82-2a19-455b-b145-56f9c7cf1d42.jpg?v=1780891708","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/this-other-eden-von-paul-harding-1","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}