- Childhood
- friends
- reunite
- years
- after
- a
- shattering
- tragedy
- in
- this
- “compelling
- page-turner”
- by
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- (Kirkus
- Reviews,
- starred
- review).When
- Andrew
- was
- about
- to
- leave
- his
- small
- upstate
- New
- York
- town
- for
- college,
- tragedy
- struck
- the
- 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
- returns
- to
- his
- upstate
- New
- York
- hometown
- to
- attend
- his
- mother’s
- funeral,
- and
- 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
- .
- .
- .“Eden’s
- story
- has
- the
- heightened
- emotions,
- the
- dark,
- brooding
- atmosphere
- of
- a
- Southern
- gothic
- novel
- .
- .
- .
- Shreve
- demonstrates
- her
- ability
- to
- create
- highly
- vivid,
- sympathetic
- people.”
- —The
- New
- York
- Times“Beautifully
- rendered
- scenes.”
- —Kirkus
- Reviews
- (starred
- review)“Shreve
- simply
- has
- the
- Gift—the
- ability
- to
- hook
- you
- from
- the
- first
- page
- and
- not
- let
- go
- until
- the
- final
- word.”
- —The
- Washington
- Post
- Book World
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