Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2019
Pages: 171
Rating: Highly Recommend
Synopsis: Eden lies in a hospital bed, unable to move or speak. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa of his room. We see them through the eyes of his best friend, a fellow marine who didn't make it back home - and who must relive secrets held between all three of them as he waits for Eden to finally, mercifully die and join him in whatever comes after.A breathtakingly spare and shattering novel that explores the unseen aftereffects - and unacknowledged casualities - of war, Waiting for Eden is a piercingly insightful, deeply felt meditation on loyalty, friendship, betrayal, and love.
Review: I don't remember where I first learned of this book, but it was a National Book Award finalist. From experience, those are pretty good options. This kept my attention from the first page. Interesting premise for a book, albeit a short one at only 171 pages. Thought-provoking.
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