{"product_id":"the-gates-of-eden-9780960021505","title":"The Gates of Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by a true story ...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Josephine Bell discovers how quickly one can descend from middle-class Victorian comfort to the slums of Liverpool, she makes a fateful decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking escape from desperate poverty, the girl joins a community of kindly strangers and embarks on an epic journey across a treacherous ocean and into the North American wilderness, pulling a two-wheeled handcart over the Rocky Mountains to a remote desert kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her new home, a Mormon settlement in the Utah Territory, Josephine is pressed into a polygamous marriage with a man almost four decades older than herself. Amidst a backdrop of rising violence and haunting tragedy, Josephine's struggle to find her own path takes her to unexpected places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gates of Eden\u003c\/em\u003e explores the timeless mysteries of faith and doubt, fear and love through the eyes of a girl on the cusp of adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadene Lecheminant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cottage Street Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780960021505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLecheminant, Nadene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Nadene LeCheminant has degrees in history and art from Utah State University. As a university writer and magazine editor, she has been recognized with eight top-tier CASE writing awards, and as a public speaker she has provided communications strategies to national and regional nonprofit organizations. Her love of the southern Utah desert - the backdrop for much of The Gates of Eden - was nurtured on a bare-bones survival trip, during which she walked several hundred miles across the Utah wilderness without a sleeping bag or tent. LeCheminant lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband, Richard Yates. This is her first novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cottage Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40275856556147,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_142b56b4-8b06-43f4-998a-cd645786073f.jpg?v=1657894728","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-gates-of-eden-9780960021505","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}