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Overview
She knew this earth when it was
perfect—like her, for a time. Made by God in a manner like no other, she
lived in utter peace without flaw in paradise until one fateful
decision changed everything. Now, all humanity suffers for her mistake.
But what did it feel like then to first sin and be exiled, to see all
innocence crumble so vividly, and a strange new world take its place?
Experience the epic dawn of mankind through the eyes and heart of Eve—the woman first known as Havah.
"A passionate and riveting story
of the Bible's first woman. Lee's superior storytelling will have
readers weeping for all that Havah forfeited by a single damning
choice."
Eric Wilson, New York Times best-selling author
"Tosca Lee has breathed new life into the story we thought we all knew so well."
FictionAddict.com
"Evocative, lush . . . This is not formula 'Christian Fiction' and avoids providing easy, spiritual answers to the inevitable questions the characters face."
"Evocative, lush . . . This is not formula 'Christian Fiction' and avoids providing easy, spiritual answers to the inevitable questions the characters face."
Synchronized Chaos
"I have never read a novel twice, but I double-read this one, with intense delight to the last page, both times."
(Reader Comment)
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First question I always have is - why did you pick this book? I've always been fascinated with Eve, and disgruntled at how she always takes ALL the flack, so the chance to see it "through her eyes" seemed awesome.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who "hears" Eve's voice in my head as the story unfolds? Sometimes it's an older woman's voice, tired and lonesome. Sometimes it's the younger Eve, especially when they were fleeing.
ReplyDeleteI felt like I got to know Eve when I was reading this book. I still think about her.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling like that too. When she was laying on the floor of the cave, I KNEW she would get up, but I still felt that pang of loss like "what if she dosen't?"
DeleteI cried so many times for her while reading the book. How you liking the writing style? I think Tosca is a beautiful writer!
DeleteSometimes it feels a little overly descriptive, but then I think of the richness of what she's trying to convey and it works. Overall I'd read something else she'd written.
DeleteShe wrote a book entitled DEMON that I'm dying to read.
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ReplyDeleteHeh. I am really enjoying The First Pregnancy - Lee is including all the "fun" details, and Havah's bewilderment is very realistic to me.
ReplyDeleteShe has an uncanny way of describing things - I felt like I was in the book a lot of times.
DeleteExactly. She describes things so richly, but in such plain language, that it's real. I'm finding the pairings-off to be odd and yet entirely normal - which they would have been, because who else was there? Yes. Lee is VERY good at evoking the world which may have been.
Delete*shiver* oooooh, the way she foreshadows, and evokes Havah's sense of what is coming...and then The Event, so sudden. I never really grasped Cain's grief, but Kayin's is inescapable.
ReplyDeleteok, I admit it, I cried when Adam died. I am so sad to see this book over....what a great introduction to this idea!
ReplyDeleteI still want to cry sometimes when I think about the book. I'd like to read it again - and again :)
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