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Original Title:	Eden Close
ISBN:	0156031337 (ISBN13: 9780156031332)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Andrew, Eden Close, Jim Close, Edith Close
Setting:	Upstate New York(United States)

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A compelling tale of edgy, small-town emotions, lingering obsession, and romantic salvation.

Andrew, after many years, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Planning to remain only a few days, he is drawn into the tragic legacy of his childhood friend and 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 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 reveal itself.

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Title	:	Eden Close
Author	:	Anita Shreve
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 265 pages
Published	:	October 4th 2005 by Mariner Books (first published 1989)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary

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This is not a book for those who need a strong and involved plotline to follow, but if you love character driven works this is lovely. The story focuses on a short period of time, when divorced father of one, Andrew, returns to his roots to sort out his recently deceased mother's effects. His relationship with damaged Eden, who is kept housebound by her adoptive mother, is slowly rebuilt and answers to old mysteries are gradually revealed. The observations and emotions within the story are

I am fairly assured that when I pick up an Anita Shreve book I am going to enjoy the reading and the unpredictability that seems to be a hallmark for her.This was no different. Apparently one of her older ones and unknown to me until I picked it up at a book sale, it was no less appealing from being somewhat outdated. She takes a situation, infuses it with humanness and the random bits of detail needed to pique interest and gradually, without seeming to be doing so, reels you into the suspense

This book reminded me of why I used to love Anita Shreve so much. I love the way her earlier books are written- their pace, atmosphere and quietude. The story takes place on an isolated farmland and oscillates between the main character Andrew's present day (which was the 80s) and his youth 20 years prior. Both timelines unfold together and past becomes entwined with present and long held secrets are finally uncovered in the last few pages.I would have not have guessed this was her first novel

I savored every word because her writing is so beautiful. There is something so familiar about her characters, insights that make you say, 'yes! exactly!' , sometimes out loud. In this way her writing resembles Elizabeth Berg. As much as I liked this one I did think that the story dragged in a few places, especially for as short a novel as it is. But the feeling of those two lonely houses alone together in a sea of farmland and the two old friends and would be lovers will be with me a while.

One of the best!

Anita Shreve is another flowery-prose-and-cliche-lovers. I read Lisa's ([http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10...]) copy of this book that she found shoved under her oil tank.It was okay. The plot isn't very memorable. In fact, I had to check Amazon to refresh myself on it to write this review. I remember the relationship between Andrew and Eden as being sweet. Unfortunately, the thing I remember most clearly are the tired cliches and nauseating flowery descriptions. Too many words, just say

This is Anita Shreve's debut novel and it has everything that makes a novel a pleasure to read, and what it did was set the standard for the 19 novels that Shreve now has to her credit. It has a great story and characters as all of her novels do, but this first one remains one of my favorites.