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This Side of Eden
A small plane crashes in the icy waters of a lake set in the heart of Alaska.
A father and his two-year-old daughter are stranded alone in the wilderness with no food, no supplies, and no hope of rescue.
This is their story...
PRAISE FOR THIS SIDE OF EDEN
“Superb”
—@ Lolo
“A vivid picture of suffering and desolation, with a beautiful love story and colored with hope…”
—@aquarius1
“Clever, Captivating, Brilliance… full of genuine, powerful emotion which resonates…”
—@N. Wallace
“An Instant Classic!”
—@Benjamin J. Markland
A father and his two-year-old daughter are stranded alone in the wilderness with no food, no supplies, and no hope of rescue.
This is their story...
PRAISE FOR THIS SIDE OF EDEN
“Superb”
—@ Lolo
“A vivid picture of suffering and desolation, with a beautiful love story and colored with hope…”
—@aquarius1
“Clever, Captivating, Brilliance… full of genuine, powerful emotion which resonates…”
—@N. Wallace
“An Instant Classic!”
—@Benjamin J. Markland
265 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 25, 2009
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August 20, 2012
As a survival story I found it lacking but as a touching family love story I found it wow.
I can almost feel the love he feels for his wife and little girl and the ending is the best part. Great read.
I can almost feel the love he feels for his wife and little girl and the ending is the best part. Great read.
February 25, 2020
Bad ending!
This book was inevitably too long and it held my attention for a time but it just kept getting boring. And then the ending still doesn’t make any sense to me....I actually cried in parts thats how real the characters became to me but story just wasn’t good!
This book was inevitably too long and it held my attention for a time but it just kept getting boring. And then the ending still doesn’t make any sense to me....I actually cried in parts thats how real the characters became to me but story just wasn’t good!
January 13, 2019
I really like the storyline, the details of the struggle to survive and the history of the characters.
I thought the ending was a bit too predictable.
I thought the ending was a bit too predictable.
March 2, 2016
Just as I was getting ready to write the review i changed my stars from 3 to 2. Maybe it's because I'm coming off two really good wilderness/survival books (Lansen's The Mountain Story and Carbo's The Wild Inside) or maybe it's because I just feel so deceived! Practically the whole way through you think Eden is either safe on a cruise ship or part of a large search party looking for her husband and toddler. Nope. She's dead the ENTIRE book. And then as if it couldn't get any worse the husband dies just as he and his daughter are being rescued. The only thing I'm happy about is that the daughter makes it and that this only took me a day to read. Oh and I will definitely not be adding "seeing a glacier from a small plane" to my bucket list.
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October 17, 2014
Judging by previous reviews, I'm not the only one unhappy about the ending. It definitely was unexpected if that was what the author was going for but ......
***SPOILER ALERT*** I never thought they would both be dead and the daughter being the only survivor!! But I guess every story doesn't always have a happy ending in real life either. I wish it had been a bit more suspenseful. I started to suspect early on that his wife was already dead so it wasn't too shocking to realize I was right at the end. All in all it was still a good read and I'd be willing to read another by this author.
***SPOILER ALERT*** I never thought they would both be dead and the daughter being the only survivor!! But I guess every story doesn't always have a happy ending in real life either. I wish it had been a bit more suspenseful. I started to suspect early on that his wife was already dead so it wasn't too shocking to realize I was right at the end. All in all it was still a good read and I'd be willing to read another by this author.
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September 7, 2012
Ugh.I bought this book for free on my Kindle and I figured I would really like it.And at first I did.But halfway through it, I found myself rereading lines because it was so hard to follow.And I hated the ending.Not because it was sad or anything.I just didn't like it.
May 3, 2013
It was a very sweet story, but so wordy! I think that is why distracted me the most from the book. I also just couldn't get into any of the characters. I normally get really invested but that unfortunately did not happen with this book.
Best of luck to this author.
Best of luck to this author.
October 11, 2011
This book got better towards the end! I am glad I held out and finished it.
July 13, 2012
Loved this book.. Extremely sad, but worth your time!
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August 12, 2012
Not quite my type of read but after a few pages didnt want to stop. Sad and makes you think what you would do.
August 16, 2012
This was a tough one for me to rate. It was extremely sad with a mixed-emotion ending. It was very well written but a bit too depressing for me.
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November 9, 2012
Not sure I read the same book as those before me. I got through it but that was about it.
May 6, 2013
It was confusing in the beginning...but the ending was rewarding.
October 4, 2013
It kept me guessing. I say, "No fair." It's more of an adventure than I bargained for.
June 11, 2024
so sad but also has hope mixed in.
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February 15, 2016264pgs, A small plane crashes in the heart of Alaska, A father and his two-year-old daughter are stranded, alone in the wilderness, with no food, no supplies, and no hope of rescue
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