Almost Eden

Name: Almost Eden
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ISBN: 9780887767425

Anita Horrocks

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Tundra Books
15 May 2011

Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's&YA)

It is the hot prairie summer of her twelfth year and Elsie is at a crossroads. Her beloved mother who is mentally ill has been hospitalized, and Elsie thinks that the breakdown is all her fault. Mental illness is simply not discussed in Elsie's close-knit Mennonite community and she is rudderless. Nothing Elsie does seems to go right- there's no pleasing her bossy older sister; she forgets to feed the cat, so her father gives it away; she's supposed to watch out for her younger sister, but she lets her come home alone from the swimming pool (despite the lurking menace of a weird stranger around town); and she bargains with God to make her mother well again - to no evident avail.

Elsie's conversations with God, her struggle to overcome guilt, and her honest desire to prove herself are laced with a wicked wit and clarity of vision. Almost Eden is a beautiful portrait of a town, a family, and a young woman willing to challenge the things that don't make sense to her, and to fix the things that don't seem right.

By: Anita Horrocks
Imprint: Tundra Books
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780887767425
ISBN 10: 0887767427
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 May 2011
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anita Horrocks has published three previous award-winning novels for young adults, Topher, What They Don't Know, and Breath of a Ghost. Almost Eden is her first novel to draw on her own Mennonite background growing up in southern Manitoba. Anita has two stepchildren and two grandchildren. She and her husband live in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Reviews for Almost Eden

Praise for Topher: [Topher] gives mystery fans ages 10 to 12 exactly what they want... [It] can stimulate a young reader's curiosity (and pulse rate) from start to finish. - Quill & Quire ...a dramatic, suspenseful story that will keep you wondering and guessing right to the end. - Lethbridge Herald Praise for What They Don't Know: ...riveting... - London Free Press