{"product_id":"9781324036296","title":"This Other Eden","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction Shortlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award A \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books of 2023 • An \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e 2023 \"Books We Love\" Pick • An \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e Top 10 Book of 2023 • One of \u003cem\u003eTime's\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2023 and Best Historical Fiction of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/em\u003e Favorite Book of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e Top 10 Best Book of 2023 • A \u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Fiction of 2023 From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eTinkers\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\/strong\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, \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","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032291295472,"sku":"9781324036296","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324036296_p0.jpg?v=1763708029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324036296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}