Escape from Eden

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Author: Michelle Mackinnon
Format: Paperback
Imprint: auckag
ISBN: 9780473141875

How does a person know if what they believe is really the truth? What would make a person question their faith and turn their back on everything they know? Escape from Eden is the story of how two young people, growing up in an exclusive religious community, face those questions. They realise that if they want to be together, they will have to leave the community, their families, and the life they have known. The fear of leaving Eden and living in the ‘world’ amongst ‘sinners’ is weighed against the fear of staying and having to marry someone other than each other. Someone chosen for them by the Elders. On her deathbed, Charity Goodman remembers her life on Eden’s farm and her struggle to obey without question the strict doctrines imposed by the Elders. She shares her thoughts and fears, and describes her escape and the difficulties she faced coping in the outside world. It is an emotional account of loss, personal suffering, and injustice, balanced with love and adjustment to a foreign lifestyle.