This Other Eden Harding Paul
This Other Eden Harding Paul In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. His presence attracts the attention of…
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This Other Eden Harding Paul
In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. 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. 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.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.
Beginning with a hurricane flood reminiscent of the story of Noah's