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A Page Turner!
EDEN CLOSE by Anita Shreve EDEN CLOSE by Anita Shreve centers on a murder that takes place almost 20 years ago in a small rural town in upstate New York. Andrew, now working in sales and advertising in New York city, returns home for his mother's funeral and brings back with him memories of his childhood friend Eden and that murder which took place next door at the...
Publié le Jui 30 2004 par Ratmammy
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not your usual mystery novel
The setting of this story includes two farmhouses, side-by-side, but remote from anything else. The families living in them, each two parents and a child, are so different from each other yet unable to be completely separate because of geography. In the middle of the night, a scream and a shot ring out from one house, and both families are changed forever. This novel...
Publié le Oct. 18 2002 par cathst
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A Page Turner!, Jui 30 2004
EDEN CLOSE by Anita ShreveEDEN CLOSE by Anita Shreve centers on a murder that takes place almost 20 years ago in a small rural town in upstate New York. Andrew, now working in sales and advertising in New York city, returns home for his mother's funeral and brings back with him memories of his childhood friend Eden and that murder which took place next door at the Close family's residence. Eden Close was a childhood friend of Andrew, he being seventeen at the time of the murder, and Eden only fourteen. He recalls the blossoming of their friendship, the recklessness that was part of Eden's personality, and the murder of her father that was still a mystery to Andrew all these years later. He remembers bits and pieces of what may have happened, but on that fateful night, all he remembers is hearing a gunshot, screams, and nothing more. Upon his return home for the funeral, Andrew stays to deal with the family property and get it ready for sale. He is the only surviving member, his father having passed away five years earlier from a heart attack, and he is an only child. As he goes through the many old items in the house, he recalls his childhood and the murder and accident that caused Eden to lose her sight. While Eden was such a big part of Andrew's life when they were growing up, he has had nothing to do with her since the murder. He finds out that she's been shut inside her home with Edith Close for all these years, except for a few years where she spent time in a special facility. He becomes obsessed with his need to get in contact with Eden, and to find out what has happened to her, despite Edith's determination to keep Andrew away from Eden. Andrew does succeed in getting in contact with Eden again. And slowly, she feeds him the story about what really happened twenty years ago, as they slowly rekindle their friendship and lost love, behind Edith's back. What Andrew finds out is a shocker, and the book culminates in a scene straight out of the movies. I really enjoyed EDEN CLOSE. I started the book having no idea what it was about, but I was not disappointed. A page-turner from the very first page, it took me only two days to read the entire book. While parts of the plot I did find predictable, it was the journey of the story that kept me going, not the ending. EDEN CLOSE comes highly recommended.
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Can't go wrong with Anita Shreve!, Mai 2 2004
Anita Shreve has once again enthralled me with her wonderful writing. Eden Close enthralled me from beginning to end. This novel entertained and engrossed me in a way that a novel of this sort hasn't done for a long time. The story centers on Andrew and his journey to self-discovery after his mother dies. While I guessed what the "secret" was early on, and I won't go into deal so as not to ruin it for the potential reader, it did not matter at all to the enjoyment of the novel. Full of twists and turns, what really makes this novel incredible, as well as all of Anita's other works, is her character development and her unique style of writing. She really makes me care about the characters in a way that you wish them well in their endeavors.Not only do I recommend this novel, I guarantee that it will pull you in and won't let go until its final page. Also try The Pilot's Wife and The Weight of Water.
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Extremely Slow Reading, Sep 4 2003
This book was not very captivating at all...it was extremely slow reading. Half way through the book I wasn't even sure what, exactly, it was about. Plus, the ending became very predictable about two-thirds into the book. I actually skipped about 50 pages just to be finished with the thing. I wouldn't recommend it.
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In the dark velvet of night...., Juil 23 2003
the shouting, the gunshots reverberate in Andrew's brain. Out here in the country there are only the two houses. The one in which he lives with his parents and the one where Eden lives with hers. His father grabs his gun and runs to the other house as he and his mother slowly make their way though the darkness.From that night on the idyllic childhood life Andrew and Eden shared is gone. Eden has been raped, shot and blinded. Her father is dead and the screaming sirens of police and ambulance pierce the night air, forever changing the future that might have been. Andrew, now divorced, returns to his childhood home to bury his mother and revisits, in his memory, his youth and life before and after that horrific night. He does all this while the shadowy figure of Eden is ever-present in the upstairs window of her house 'seeing' as only blindness can see. Ms. Shreve writes a sensitive and searching novel. Her prose is a vehicle which transports us to the innermst thoughts and yes, deep into the souls of Andrew and Eden, their mothers and fathers and all those that the darkness of that night engulfed. For a wonderful story and a journey you won't easily forget, set aside the time to enjoy the first of many splendid novels by this prolific author.
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In the dark velvet of night...., Juil 23 2003
the shouting, the gunshots reverberate in Andrew's brain. Out here in the country there are only the two houses. The one in which he lives with his parents and the one where Eden lives with hers. His father grabs his gun and runs to the other house as he and his mother slowly make their way though the darkness.From that night on the idyllic childhood life Andrew and Eden shared is gone. Eden has been raped, shot and blinded. Her father is dead and the screaming sirens of police and ambulance pierce the night air, forever changing the future that might have been. Andrew, now divorced, returns to his childhood home to bury his mother and revisits, in his memory, his youth and life before and after that horrific night. He does all this while the shadowy figure of Eden is ever-present in the upstairs window of her house 'seeing' as only blindness can see. Ms. Shreve writes a sensitive and searching novel. Her prose is a vehicle which transports us to the innermst thoughts and yes, deep into the souls of Andrew and Eden, their mothers and fathers and all those that the darkness of that night engulfed. For a wonderful story and a journey you won't easily forget, set aside the time to enjoy the first of many splendid novels by this prolific author.
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A book you may skip, Avril 10 2003
I don't recommend this book to people who are looking for a truly literary experience. The book is boring, predictable, and shallow. The characters are fully described to the point that there is no more room for the audience to imagine another side/attitudes of the characters. There is no more room for imagination! Everything is already offered to the reader.The plot is typical (a lot of writers do this plot). The title is inappropriate because it is not in the perspective of Eden (except small parts in the ending of each chapter which, by the way, are out of place and do not help in the development of the story). It is more on the perspective of Andrew. This loses the mystery of the persona of Eden. The ending is so disappointing. If you place the ending in the middle of the book, you would still get the story and it won't make a difference!
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Typical!, Avril 8 2003
Another example of Anita Shreve's excellent work! One of my favorites! A must read for any fan of Anita's or even a fan of good books! :)
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Eden Close, Fév 12 2003
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Shreve did a magnificent job detailing a man's journey to truth. The book was a great look into a life.
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Bittersweet answers to a painful past, Nov. 18 2002
Anita Shreve captures an east coast small town so well in this tidy story of a man returning home for his mother's funeral. After the book is done, the images of the house, the pond, the town and the people seem to linger in one's mind, a compliment to her writing style.The story revolves around Andrew returning to his boyhood farm home to take care of his mother's final buisness and prepare to sell the house. It is the first time he has been home in almost 20 years. His homecoming also dredges up the memories of one hot summer night that provoked unresolved questions and images that haunted him still. Andrew was spending his last summer at home before leaving for college when the town's world was rocked by horrific events at the farm house next door. The shocking murder of his next door neighbor and the sexual assault of his 14 year old daughter, Eden was heady news for the townsfolk to grasp. No one ever knew what exactly happened that fateful summer night, where women screaming woke up Andrew and his parents. Andrew, at 17, was especially affected. Eden and he had become close friends since she was 11. He struggled with feelings of affection and being a protective "brother. That night also marked the last time he saw Eden. Delicately played out, the story unfolds with generous images. Suspicions are implied, and the reader may guess at the perpetrator, but this in no way negatively impacts the impressive delivery. This is a lovely, tender story of bittersweet answers to a painful past.
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not your usual mystery novel, Oct. 18 2002
The setting of this story includes two farmhouses, side-by-side, but remote from anything else. The families living in them, each two parents and a child, are so different from each other yet unable to be completely separate because of geography. In the middle of the night, a scream and a shot ring out from one house, and both families are changed forever.This novel is a lovely bit of writing with a little flavour of a mystery novel thrown in. I like Shreve's conservative, contained writing style, and her characters are all quite realistic. A few parts dragged just a little, which is why I didn't give it a higher rating, but overall this novel doesn't disappoint.
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Eden Close par Anita Shreve (Paperback - Oct. 31 2005)
CDN$ 17.95 CDN$ 13.10
Habituellement expédié sous 2 à 3 semaines
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