Eden West, Pete Hautman
Eden West, Pete Hautman
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Eden West

Author: Pete Hautman

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2015


Synopsis

Tackling faith, doubt, and transformation, National Book Award winner Pete Hautman explores a boy's unraveling allegiance to an insular cult.A world within a world.…Seven square miles of paradise, surrounded by an eight-foot chain-link fence: this is Nodd, the land of the Grace. It is all seventeen-year-old Jacob knows. Beyond the fence lies the World, a wicked, terrible place, doomed to destruction. When the Archangel Zerachiel descends from Heaven, only the Grace will be spared the horrors of the apocalypse.But something is rotten in paradise. A wolf invades Nodd, slaughtering the Grace's sheep. A new boy arrives from outside, and his scorn and disdain threaten to tarnish Jacob's contentment. Then, while patrolling the borders of Nodd, Jacob meets Lynna, a girl from the adjoining ranch, who tempts him to sample the forbidden Worldly pleasures that lie beyond the fence. Jacob's faith, his devotion, and his grip on reality are tested as his feelings for Lynna blossom into something greater, and the End Days grow ever closer.Eden West is the story of two worlds, two hearts, the power of faith, and the resilience of the human spirit.

About Pete Hautman

Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the National Book Award–winning Godless and the recent Klaatu Diskos trilogy. About Eden West, he says, “Faith, family, and love are among the great forces that drive us as human beings. Eden West is about what might happen when those forces come into conflict within the pressure-cooker culture of an isolated community. It turns out, things want to blow up.” Pete Hautman splits his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leeanna

This review originally appeared on my blog, Leeanna.me. == I’ve read quite a few young adult and adult books, fiction and nonfiction, about life in religious cults, so EDEN WEST wasn’t anything new for me. Before I started the book, I thought it would be a fresh take on the subject, especially as it’s......more

Goodreads review by Leah

Pete Hautman really knows how to create an engaging story. In Eden West we glimpse the inside of an insular cult through the eyes of a boy called Jacob. As Jacob slowly starts to question his faith and lifestyle through a series of trials life throws at him, his story becomes more complex and basic......more