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Eden Close Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Shreve, Anita
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
Seventeen years after he returns to his hometown and first meets Eden, the beautiful girl next door, a young man uncovers the grisly story of her tortuous relationship with her parents.
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Details
- Title Eden Close
- Author Shreve, Anita
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, NY USA
- Date 2005-10-04
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0156031337-3-25084934
- ISBN 9780156031332 / 0156031337
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.46 x 0.72 in (20.42 x 13.87 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Friendship
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
A compelling tale of edgy, small-town emotions, lingering obsession, and romantic salvation.
Andrew, after many years, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Planning to remain only a few days, he is drawn into the tragic legacy of his childhood friend and beautiful girl next door, Eden Close. An adopted child, Eden had learned to avoid the mother who did not want her and to please the father who did. She also aimed to please Andrew and his friends, first by being one of the boys and later by seducing them. Then one hot night, Andrew was awakened by gunshots and piercing screams from the next farm: Mr. Close had been killed and Eden blinded.
Now, seventeen years later, Andrew begins to uncover the grisly story - to unravel the layers of thwarted love between the husband, wife, and tormented girl. And as the truth about Eden's past comes to light, so too does Andrew's strange and binding attachment to her reveal itself.
Andrew, after many years, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Planning to remain only a few days, he is drawn into the tragic legacy of his childhood friend and beautiful girl next door, Eden Close. An adopted child, Eden had learned to avoid the mother who did not want her and to please the father who did. She also aimed to please Andrew and his friends, first by being one of the boys and later by seducing them. Then one hot night, Andrew was awakened by gunshots and piercing screams from the next farm: Mr. Close had been killed and Eden blinded.
Now, seventeen years later, Andrew begins to uncover the grisly story - to unravel the layers of thwarted love between the husband, wife, and tormented girl. And as the truth about Eden's past comes to light, so too does Andrew's strange and binding attachment to her reveal itself.
First line
THE AIR LAY AS HEAVY AS WATER IN THE SQUARE DARK ROOMS of the farmhouse.