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Eden Mine: A Novel
by S. M. Hulse
Hardcover : 272 pages
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In Eden Mine, the award-winning author of Black River examines the aftershocks of an act of domestic terrorism rooted in a small Montana town on the brink of abandonment, as it tears apart a family, tests the faith of a pastor and the loyalty of a sister, and mines the deep rifts that ...
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In Eden Mine, the award-winning author of Black River examines the aftershocks of an act of domestic terrorism rooted in a small Montana town on the brink of abandonment, as it tears apart a family, tests the faith of a pastor and the loyalty of a sister, and mines the deep rifts that come when the reach of the government clashes with individual freedom
Jo Faber is packing up the home she and her brother Samuel inherited. For generations, the Fabers have lived near Eden Mine, but Jo and Samuel will be the last. Their family home has been seized by the state through eminent domain.
At the moment she hears the news of the bombing on the radio, Jo knows nothing, but she also knows that something isn’t right. The arrival of their friend and unofficial guardian, Sheriff Hawkins, confirms her suspicions. Samuel said he was going to find work. But soon it’s clear that he’s not gone, but missing?last seen by a security camera near the district courthouse at Elk Fork. And a nine-year-old girl, the daughter of a pastor of a storefront church, is in critical condition.
This isn’t the first time Jo and Samuel have seen the ravages of violence visit their family. Last time, they lost their mother and Jo lost her ability to walk. Samuel took care of her, outfitted their barn with special rigging so she could keep riding their mule. But he was never the same, falling in with a separatist group, getting a tattoo he’d flaunt, then spending years hiding. She thought he had finished with all that. But now he’s missing, and she can’t talk to the one person she trusts.
A timely story of the anger and disaffection tearing apart many communities in this country, S.M. Hulse's Eden Mine is also a beautiful novel of the West, of a deep love for the land, of faith in the face of evil, and of the terrible choices we make for the ones we love.
Editorial Review
An Amazon Best Book of February 2020: We named S. M. Hulse’s debut novel, Black River, a Best Book of the Month in 2015, and her second novel, Eden Mine, is just as stunning, if not more so, as her first. Like Black River, there is a toughness of spirit, a bleakness of light and circumstance, which twists thrillingly with every page. In Eden Mine, Hulse weaves a rich yet understated story of a crumbling mining town in the west and the unforgiving violence that forever alters lives, communities, and the simple ability to hope. When Jo Faber’s older brother is accused of bombing the neighborhood church, Jo is left alone to deal with the fallout. Samuel is a suspect for a variety of reasons, and as Jo reckons with her brother’s crime and its effect on the lives around her, she must come to grips with the death of her mother as well as her own entrapment and future. Hulse is a master storyteller—with every revelation she leads you further into the complex realization of how fanaticism and violence can erupt in a landscape as beautiful as Montana. A searing, eviscerating novel by a great, great writer. —Al Woodworth, Amazon Book ReviewDiscussion Questions
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