Waiting for Eden: A novel

by Elliot Ackerman Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

Overview

“Patiently, and unflinchingly, Ackerman is becoming one of the great poet laureates of America's tragic adventurism across the globe.” -Pico Iyer

Eden lies in a hospital bed, unable to move or speak. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his room. We see them through the eyes of Eden's best friend, a fellow Marine who didn't make it back home-and who must relive the secrets held between all three of them as he waits for Eden to finally, mercifully die and join him in whatever comes after.
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A breathtakingly spare and shattering novel that explores the unseen aftereffects-and unacknowledged casualties-of war, Waiting for Eden is a piercingly insightful, deeply felt meditation on loyalty, friendship, betrayal, and love.
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“The Tim O'Brien of our era.” -Vogue

“Devastating.” -The Wall Street Journal

“Haunting. . . . Daring.” -The Boston Globe

“Heart-wrenching.” -NPR

Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

In a voice laden with a searching, understated intensity, MacLeod Andrews narrates this powerful account of three young souls broken by a war that forever splits them apart. Eden Malcolm has returned to the U.S. from Iraq so severely wounded he’s unable to move or communicate. His wife visits every day, still wondering why he insisted on a second deployment, especially when he knew she was pregnant. And his best friend and fellow Marine tells the story from the grave. This audiobook, part romance, part ghost story, is a serious examination of the emotional toll of modern warfare. Andrews’s careful pacing and natural delivery find meaning and wisdom in every well-structured, poetic sentence. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

In a voice laden with a searching, understated intensity, MacLeod Andrews narrates this powerful account of three young souls broken by a war that forever splits them apart. Eden Malcolm has returned to the U.S. from Iraq so severely wounded he’s unable to move or communicate. His wife visits every day, still wondering why he insisted on a second deployment, especially when he knew she was pregnant. And his best friend and fellow Marine tells the story from the grave. This audiobook, part romance, part ghost story, is a serious examination of the emotional toll of modern warfare. Andrews’s careful pacing and natural delivery find meaning and wisdom in every well-structured, poetic sentence. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172110795
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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