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My Name Was Eden: A Novel
For fans of The Push and The Undoing, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that peels back the layers of a family that's not as perfect as it seems.
“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…
“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…
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Published February 27, 2024
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About the author
Eleanor Barker-White
4 books74 followersEleanor Barker-White lives in Wiltshire with her husband and four children. She is the author of two novels.
MY NAME WAS EDEN, published by Harper North, was longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association First Novel Dagger Award.
Her second novel, DIE TRYING - a psychological thriller about love, obsession and the peril of leaving choices to chance - is due out March 2026 and available to pre-order now.
Eleanor can be found on social media:
Instagram: @eleanorbarkerwhite
X: @ebarkerwhite
Facebook: Eleanor Barker-White
MY NAME WAS EDEN, published by Harper North, was longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association First Novel Dagger Award.
Her second novel, DIE TRYING - a psychological thriller about love, obsession and the peril of leaving choices to chance - is due out March 2026 and available to pre-order now.
Eleanor can be found on social media:
Instagram: @eleanorbarkerwhite
X: @ebarkerwhite
Facebook: Eleanor Barker-White
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March 31, 2025
SO much happened in the last 20 pages - almost TOO much and now I feel like I have whiplash.
May 16, 2025
Disappointed. Never really seemed to go anywhere and left me with more questions than answers.
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