{"product_id":"9781429906913","title":"Fallen","description":"From the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Preservationist\u003c\/i\u003e comes a  provocative retelling of the story of Eve and Adam, Abel and Cain -- a novel  of temptation and murder, exile and loss.  \u003cp\u003e  Once expelled from the Garden, Eve and Adam have to find their way past  recriminations and bitterness to construct a new life together in a harsh  land. But the challenges are many for the world's first family. Among their  children are Cain and Abel, and soon the adults must discover how to be  parents to one son who is everything they could hope for and another who is  sullen, difficult, and rife with insecurities and jealousies. In the  background, always, is the incomprehensibility of God's motives as He  watches over their faltering attempts to build a life. In \u003ci\u003eFallen,\u003c\/i\u003e David  Maine has drawn a convincing, wryly observant, and enthralling portrait of a  family -- one driven (and riven) by passions, jealousies, irrationality, and  love. The result is an intimate, in-depth story of brothers, a husband, and  a wife -- people whose struggles are both completely familiar and yet utterly  original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  DAVID MAINE was born in 1963 and grew up in Farmington, Connecticut. He  attended Oberlin College and the University of Arizona and has worked in the  mental-health systems of Massachusetts and Arizona. He has taught English in  Morocco and Pakistan, and since 1998 has lived in Lahore, Pakistan, with his  wife, novelist Uzma Aslam Khan.    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181109133552,"sku":"9781429906913","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429906913_p0.jpg?v=1769901295","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429906913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}