Out of Eden

By Kate Lehrer

Book Overview

"This moving tale of regret and compromise values a sense of family over lonely career advancement, yet thankfully avoids positing marriage and children as a strong woman's only reprieve from alienation."--Publisher's Weekly.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517599562
• ISBN13: 9780517599563
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Harmony
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Out of Eden: a winner

An insightful tale of two young women--Lydia Fulgate, the widowed American, and her friend, Charlotte Duret, a charming French woman who has lost her inheritance--who team up to start a new life in the wastelands of post-Civil War Kansas. Far more than a feminist statement, the novel uses subtle humor, nicely-handled romance, and historic details to address the price of questioning the status-quo. In my book, a winner!

A Wonderful Book

This is a haunting book, beautifully written and fully realized. Reminiscent of Willa Cather in the fineness of the detail. I love the way Ms. Lehrer writes.

Human and moving

I love this novel-it was very real and so sad! While easy to read and engrossing, the story moved quickly and the author never let on about the deep study of human character she was presenting-friendships, despair, love and hate are all explored so easily.