This Other Eden (Harding novel)
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| Author | Paul Harding |
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| Language | English |
Publication date | 2023 |
This Other Eden is a 2023 novel by American writer Paul Harding.
The novel presents a fictionalized version of Maine's Malaga Island, dubbed "Apple Island" in the book.[1] It's based on the historical record of when "Maine forcibly removed all residents of a mixed-race fishing community on a small island off the coast of Phippsburg in 1912."[2]
Harding began the earliest version of the novel by writing a scene featuring Mrs. Hale, a character from his novel Enon.[3] In the scene, Mrs. Hale and members of her family sit in a meadow, and observe an unknown person, inspired by a Charles Ethan Porter painting.[3]