Set in paradise this is Eve's story as you've never heard it - in a brilliant and provocative novel, introducing the reader to the elderly, cantankerous figure of God, the wise and beautiful serpent, the gentle Adam and the enquiring, intelligent Eve.
Elsie Aidinoff has lived in Paris, Brussels, Hong Kong, London and New York where she has worked since 1980 in a Children's Storefront School in Harlem. She is married to a lawyer and has four grown-up children.
An intriguing interpretation of the Creation story . . . Certainly
unusual, this is a fascinating novel and sure to attract
attention
*The Bookseller*
While The Garden is undeniably intense at times, Aidinoff has
successfully leavened her tale with refreshing doses of humour and
the sensual quality of the prose
*Guardian*
This is a remarkable, morally complicated provocative novel. I
don't think teenagers should be allowed to keep it to
themselves
*Observer*
A lyrically scripted, refreshing, reflective, mischievous
exploration of Genesis and its ambiguous symbolism
*TES*
One of the world's oldest stories becomes new again. . . . The
story is at its best during the dialogues between Eve and the
Serpent when age-old questions are asked and real answers are given
- although not necessarily the answers that have been accepted for
ages
*Booklist USA*
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