03727cam a2200505 4500 1077086902 TxAuBib 20231217120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781324036302 1324036303 B0B3GLWGWQ Amazon 21a54ae2-daed-4c3c-98d2-c2c733c3616a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9054113 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Harding, Paul. This Other Eden [Libby] : A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company, 2023. family. eviction. African Americans. Maine. new england. eugenics. Civil War. race. missionary. island. racially mixed. institutionalization. Civil War veteran. efugees. formerly enslaved african american. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 452kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><strong>Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize<br /> Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction<br /> One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023<br /> An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick<br /> <br /> 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.</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-16 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21a54ae2-daed-4c3c-98d2-c2c733c3616a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21a54ae2-daed-4c3c-98d2-c2c733c3616a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21a54ae2-daed-4c3c-98d2-c2c733c3616a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)