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About this book
Set in nineteenth-century New England, this exquisite novel tests a woman's love against her husband's utopian quest.
Sophy Hedge, the artistic daughter of the town's minister, falls in love with Gideon Birdsall, a driven theology student assisting her father with a Hebrew lexicon. Sophy is drawn to Gideon's intellect, passion, and spiritual nature, while Gideon glimpses in her a free soul unbound by convention. Yet Gideon's restlessness after they wed worries Sophy, and she finds his friendship with Leander Solloway, the charismatic new schoolmaster, a cause for anxiety. As the men immerse themselves in Gideon's mystical theories, Sophy translates her fears into secret paintings.
When Sophy becomes pregnant, Gideon and Leander construct a faux Eden in a greenhouse as part of a daring experiment to discover the language of paradise—the tongue Adam spoke when he named the creatures of the earth. Sophy must decide whether to live and paint in the world her husband has made or escape to save her child and herself.
Addressing the timeless issues of faith, art, and the elusive dream of perfection, Barbara Klein Moss has captured the fragility of human longing.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Prologue: July 1838: Birds and Beasts Fly Out of Our Mouths Like Angels
- Part One: Come With Me
- Part Two: The Fatal Round
- Part Three: Earth and Air
- Part Four: Populating Paradise
- Part Five: Protecting Paradise
- Part Six: Breaking the Silence
- Part Seven: Afterlife
- Acknowlegments
- Also by Barbara Klein Moss
- Copyright
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