Waiting for Eden

Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he will never again see the friend and fellow soldier who didn't make it back home--and who narrates the...

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Main Author: Ackerman, Elliot (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he will never again see the friend and fellow soldier who didn't make it back home--and who narrates the novel. But on Christmas, the one day Mary is not at his bedside, Eden's re-ordered consciousness comes flickering alive. As he begins to find a way to communicate, some troubling truths about his marriage--and about his life before he went to war--come to the surface.
Physical Description:173 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:9781101947395
110194739X
Author Notes:Elliot Ackerman is the author of the novels Dark at the Crossing , which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Green on Blue. His writings have appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker , The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications, and his stories have been included in The Best American Short Stories.