In Search of Eden - Softcover

Nichols, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764201670 ISBN 13: 9780764201677

Publisher: Bethany House, 2007

Synopsis

In a story about forgiveness and redemption, Miranda, a girl who has never been able to settle down, approaches her thirtieth birthday determined to reinvent her life, but she must first tie down one loose end, while Joseph North, the chief of police in Abingdon, Virginia, becomes suspicious of the new woman in town, and after checking further, he discovers a baby picture of his niece in her possession. Original. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

LINDA NICHOLS, a graduate of the University of Washington, is a novelist with a unique gift for touching readers' hearts with her stories. She is also the author of the acclaimed novels If I Gained the World and At the Scent of Water. She and her family make their home in Tacoma, Washington.

From Publishers Weekly:

Nichols’s latest effort follows the wanderings of Miranda DeSpain, a young woman who has been unable to recover from a painful adolescent experience. An upstanding drifter (she always finds gainful employment where ever she goes), Miranda finds herself in bucolic Abingdon, Virginia, where she meets an array of lovely Christian townsfolk, among them a spunky 11-year-old girl named Eden who helps Miranda find a job and a place to live. Nichols’s writing style is often engaging, and while some of her characters are clichéd (the ruggedly handsome, tough but tender leading man, for example), a few of her characters, most notably Eden, are quirky and real. Nichols blends the romance genre with a more problem-oriented women’s novel here. While there are few surprises and the many coincidences make it difficult to suspend disbelief, the plot holds together well enough, with likable characters fighting nobly against adversity and unlikable characters trying their best to change. Spiritual themes such as forgiveness and redemption are well integrated into the novel, and the Christian characters are genuine, openhearted and giving. Readers looking for sentimental yet well-written women’s fiction won’t be disappointed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bethany House
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0764201670
• ISBN 13: 9780764201677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448