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Jan 1, 2023 · Drawing inspiration from the the true history of Malaga Island, Paul Harding's third novel, This Other Eden examines what happens when societal standards, driven by the rise of eugenics, phrenology, and social Darwinism, are forced on a rural post-Civil War integrated community.
Jan 24, 2023 · From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast.
Jan 24, 2023 · In his latest novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding reimagines the history of a small mixed-race community’s devastating eviction from their...
Jan 20, 2023 · Paul Harding's stunning new novel, This Other Eden, is inspired by the real-life consequences of eugenics on Malaga Island, Maine, which, from roughly the Civil War era to 1912, was...
Sep 21, 2023 · ‘This Other Eden powerfully reimagines a little-known chapter in American history: the heartbreaking fate in the early 20th century of the mixed-race descendants of a former slave, Benjamin Honey, and his Irish wife, Patience, who had settled on a small island off the coast of Maine in the 1790s.
This Other Eden is a 2023 novel by American writer Paul Harding. Background. The novel presents a fictionalized version of Maine's Malaga Island, dubbed "Apple Island" in the book.
This Other Eden Summary. In the late 18th century, the formerly enslaved Black man Benjamin Honey marries the white Irish woman Patience, and the two of them settle on an island off the coast of Maine. Life on the island is difficult, with little food, but through persistence, Benjamin manages to grow an orchard of apple trees on the island ...
A novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast. In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together.
It is a phrase taken from Shakespeare's play, Richard II, wherein a character laments the loss of England—"this other Eden"—to the schemes of people intent on hoarding power and wealth. Think of the narrative of Eden as it is featured in the book of Genesis.
Jan 24, 2023 · Harding’s third novel revisits an appalling moment in Maine history. Early in the 20th century, the racially diverse residents of a small island community in Maine were evicted and displaced. The local authorities who carried out this task on Malaga Island cited science as one of their motivations—but what they called science is now obvious ...
