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Eden Burning
by
Belva Plain
She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation—until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can ignite explosions of political upheaval and clandestine love.
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Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages
Published
July 21st 2010
by Dell
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She was a girl as innocent and beautiful as her family's lush Caribbean plantation - until she learned about dark desire and became a woman. Banished from paradise, Teresa Francis was swept into marriage and motherhood in opulent New York - a world away from her beautiful St. Felice island. But eventually, the secrets that refused to stay buried would draw her back again to paradise. A paradise now in the throws of revolution, which forces Teresa to confront her past and watch her future unfold....more
After reading several richly written books, the writing style was so superficial. The many characters were hard to keep straight. The wives were shallow. It did cause me to view tropical paradises in a different light.
3.5 for this story of racial tension in the Caribbean.
This historical fiction follows the course of a made-up caribbean island as it pursues independence. There are a lot of elements in the book that I liked such as exploration of class, gender, and race however somehow I failed to connect to many of the characters and they never ended up feeling "real" to me. Overall, it was a quick and enjoyable read that didn't manage to make me feel much.
Very rich characters. I loved the time line and the manner in which she keeps the story flowing without a lot of fluff.
The characters were vastly unlikeable.
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