This Other Eden Av Paul Harding

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE<br><br>''Masterful . . . [<i>This Other Eden</i>] has much to say to our times.'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep.'' Danez Smith, <i>New York Times</i><br><br>''A luminous, thought-provoking novel.'' Esi Edugyan, author of <i>Washington Black</i></b><br><br>Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, <i>This Other Eden</i> tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home.<br><br>Benjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys'' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. Then comes the intrusion of ''civiliz