My Name Was Eden -- Eleanor Barker-White - Hardcover
In this edge-of-your-seat psychological debut, a mother's experience with Vanishing Twin Syndrome triggers disturbing changes in her teenage daughter, perfect for fans of The Push and The Undoing.
"My Name Was Eden is a compulsive, didn't-see-it-coming thriller."--Abigail Dean, international bestselling author of Girl A
One twin vanished. The other twin remained. Until now...
When her daughter Eden came home from the hospital, Lucy was profoundly relieved. Eden had survived a drowning incident and had no apparent brain damage, no serious injuries, not even a scratch on her. Lucy fervently welcomed having a second chance at being the good mother she should have been before her teenager's accident.
Until Eden tells her that Eden isn't her name. Until she starts calling herself Eli. The name Lucy had reserved for Eden's unborn twin.
Don't worry, says the doctor. Eden is completely fine, says her husband. Of course I'm fine, Eden says, with that strange new smile of hers. I didn't die. I'm here.
But Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden. She's not her maddening, complicated teenage girl anymore--this straight-backed, even tempered, steady-eyed child in her house is someone else entirely. Eden, it seems, is the twin who disappeared...
Author: Eleanor Barker-White
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 02/27/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780063341296
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2023 pg. 9
Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 40
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 26
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024