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008			221208s2023 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2022058144
020			_a9781324036296 _q(hardcover)
020			_a132403629X
020			_z9781324036302 _q(epub)
035			_a132562405
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPS3608 .A72535 _bT55 2023
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aHarding, Paul, _d1967-
245	1	0	_aThis other Eden : _ba novel / _cPaul Harding.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2023]
300			_a221 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"From 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. 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. In 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _vFiction.
650		0	_aRace relations _vFiction.
650		0	_aEugenics _vFiction.
650		7	_aAfrican Americans _vFiction. _2sears
650		7	_aRace relations. _vFiction. _2sears
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
655		0	_aHistorical fiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft
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