This Other Eden who once lived there

who once lived there

and the limitations and possibilities of love and language

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words--and tired of his safe life at home

is available now

But when Patric reconnects with an old flame

This Other Eden who once lived thereIn 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. 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