Eden, Jamie Lisa Forbes
Eden, Jamie Lisa Forbes
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Eden

Author: Jamie Lisa Forbes

Narrator: Brian Mark Mitchell

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2026


Synopsis

Award winning author Jamie Lisa Forbes brings us the story of Rowen Hart, the pampered only son of a prominent family in the small community of White Rock, North Carolina. It's the 1950's and Rowen is following the life path his parents have planned for him when his world is upturned by his father's suicide. Now he finds himself as the sole support for his mother and dependent on his pitiless uncle, who had been his father's business partner.
Ill prepared to take over as head of the family, Rowen doesn't know which way to turn and his life become even more muddled by the ten year old girl who comes to live with him and his family, baffling him with her wild behavior and never-ending attempts to win his approval. Though she makes his responsibilities even more overwhelming, her blunt honesty sticks with him, casting doubt on the assumptions he's held.
As Rowen tries to find his way forward in a world he hadn't expected, he begins to question everything about his upbringing, his circumstances and his plans for the future as they turn to dust in his hands.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tish on May 01, 2020

2.5 or 3 stars. This book started out good: the story of a well-to-do teenager whose father commits suicide, leaving Rowen and his mother penniless. Rowen is naïve and had always been rather coddled, so he has a hard time dealing with his new situation--and his mother is no help as she has taken to......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on May 27, 2020

I received a free electronic copy of this historical southern noir novel from Netgalley, Jamie Lisa Forbes, and Pronghorn Press on April 30, 2020. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read Eden of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. I am plea......more

Goodreads review by Teddy on May 16, 2020

It is 1950, as Rowen Hart is about to go off to college, his world splits apart when his father commits suicide. His mother takes to her bed and the only one left to help pick up the pieces is their housekeeper Adeline. Rowen has a summer job picking tobacco but he slacks off quite a bit. As the boo......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on December 06, 2020

Rowen Hart was raised with money but then when his father kills himself Rowen and his mother find out there is no money and they are reduced to living in poverty. Rowen has no idea that he needs to work and thinks it's fine to run off and do what he wants and show up mid morning. He is upset with hi......more

Goodreads review by Foxy Vixen on April 18, 2020

This book takes place in White Rock, NC, in the 50's. This is a very good book, but a bit on the depressing side. Eden is the name of the girl in the book, who has a very rough time, from the time she is a very little girl. This book is full of prejudice, selfish women, and even more selfish men. If y......more