Pregnant, abandoned, and homeless, Maureen battles to survive a Swedish winter. Help arrives in the form of Netta, a mysterious woman with a veiled past. Facing deportation, Maureen learns who her real friends are, especially when she's linked to a suspected criminal.
Meanwhile, in Australia, Maureen's family scrambles to help her as her father's health declines. Lillian, Maureen's mother, uses her resourcefulness to tackle family dramas at home. Out of Eden explores women's resilience in a time when independence was threatened. For readers of historical fiction, women's fiction, and family sagas.