An Apple from Eden

by Emma Blair

Divided by class, wealth and religion, the Seatons and the Flynns could not live more different lives. As the Great War fades from memory, the affairs of both families are about to become tragically entangled.

Genres: Historical Fiction

10 pages, Audio Cassette

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Iain Blair was born on 12 August 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, married with the also writer Jane Blanchard. Initially he wrote plays for theatre and television, but later began to write novels. He started out writing suspense novels as Iain Blair, but after being unsuccessful with this genre, switched to writing popular historical romance fiction sagas. But according to his Web site, Iain Blair's publishers decided he'd sell far more books simply by being published as a woman because is a women's fiction genre. "I was given absolutely no choice in the matter. They'd decided on a sex change and even the name. So that was that. Emma I became and Emma I've stayed." His true identity remained a secret until 1998 when his novel Flower of Scotland was nominated for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards, which required him to admit to being the author. He passed away on 3 July 2011 in Torquay, Devon, England.

Reviews

[Wendy Orchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy read usual themes love between the class divides..I enjoyed it 👍

[Lynn Hutchinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy holiday read, interesting characters with an unexpected ending.

[Shobhit Sharad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was hooked from the beginning but what an awfully depressing ending.

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook.

[Susan Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

No idea when started this but didn’t take long!

[Annette Summerfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was caught up mostly with Bridie in this story, she seemed the easiest for me to relate to...only to have her die in the end :(
Not so much my type of book, but a quick read.
I picked this up at a book sale. I paid $5 for a bag of books. The bag held 25 books, and this is one I picked up.

[Anuradha Cherukuri · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like Emma Blair's books. Light romance and hilarious. This story is about two love affairs in parallel. Sir Ian Seaton and his maid Bridie which is tragic. Sir Ian is killed and Bridie follows him. The second between Sir Andrew and his lover Rose, in which they both get married.

[Hassan Ebrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved every piece of the book, except the abrubt ending.

[Urwa · Rating 1 out of 5]

hated it