READING CHALLENGE BOOK REVIEW: Eden Close by Anita Shreve
Publication Date: October 4, 2005 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction Publisher: Mariner Books Length: 265 pages Buy: Paperback Synopsis 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 ...