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A Must-Read Book for Spring, Today Show, Weekend Edition <br>IndieBound Indie Next pick, February 2010 <br> Superb. . . .Fans of Bohjalian's 11 other novels (including Midwives ) know to expect the unexpected and, thanks to his creativity and cunning, readers usually get walloped by one heck of a plot twist by book's end. In Secrets of Eden, the old saw that none of us knows what really goes on in a house when the shades are drawn rings chillingly true. <br>--Carol Memmott, USA Today<br> <br> Superbly written - vivid and horrifying without being melodramatic....a tribute to Bohjalian's storytelling skill. <br> --The Boston Globe <br> Suspenseful. . .searing. . .Bohjalian has written a literary murder mystery that hooks readers early and keeps its secrets until the end. . .Bohjalian's book is about the power of secrets and sacrifice and a warning against jumping to judgment. Those who doubt their faith, he writes, are sometimes the strongest among us. <br>--Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald <br> Chris Bohjalian has always known how to keep the pages turning. In his latest novel, a small Vermont hamlet has been racked by a well-established couple's apparent murder-suicide. Bohjalian describes the aftermath of that ruinous night in varied voices, effortlessly slipping into the heads of the shaken local pastor, the no-nonsense deputy state attorney, and the best-selling author whose own past draws her to the scene of the crime. . .[A] study of guilt and grief. <br> --Entertainment Weekly <br> Page-turning. . .Bohjalian has a knack for creating nuanced, detailed first-person female characters. . .SECRETS OF EDEN speeds along pleasingly as both thriller and character study. <br> --Seattle Times <br> To call this fine novel a mystery would be like calling the Hallelujah Chorus a nice song. . .Bohjalian has written a gripping story that keeps the reader turning pages to find out what really happened...But there is so much more in this rich story

@lt;b@gt;A Must-Read Book for Spring, @lt;i@gt;Today Show@lt;/i@gt;, Weekend Edition@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;IndieBound @lt;i@gt;Indie Next@lt;/i@gt; pick, February 2010@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;/b@gt; Superb. . . .Fans of Bohjalian's 11 other novels (including @lt;i@gt;Midwives@lt;/i@gt;) know to expect the unexpected and, thanks to his creativity and cunning, readers usually get walloped by one heck of a plot twist by book's end. In Secrets of Eden, the old saw that none of us knows what really goes on in a house when the shades are drawn rings chillingly true. @lt;br@gt;--Carol Memmott, @lt;i@gt;USA Today@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; Superbly written - vivid and horrifying without being melodramatic....a tribute to Bohjalian's storytelling skill. @lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt;--The Boston Globe@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; Suspenseful. . .searing. . .Bohjalian has written a literary murder mystery that hooks readers early and keeps its secrets until the end. . .Bohjalian's book is about the power

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CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the critically acclaimed author of twelve novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Skeletons at the Feast, The Double Bind, and Midwives. His novel, Midwives, was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah's Book Club. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages and twice became movies ( Midwives and Past the Bleachers ). He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter. <br>Visit him at www.ChrisBohjalian.com or on Facebook. <p> From the Hardcover edition.

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