title: Eve: A Novel of the First Woman
author:  Elissa Elliott 
description: Elliott reimagines the story of Adam and Eve in a debut novel that richly evokes earliest biblical times. The story is told from the points of view of Eve and her daughters: Naava, the beautiful weaver; Aya, the quick-witted, club-footed cook; and Dara, the compassionate observant twin. Eve recounts the fall and how she and Adam wander until settling down to grow crops, raise livestock and start a garden of their own. Elliott offers readers vivid details about the first childbirth, the first intercourse, the first recriminations, the first environmental calamity and the first hunt, but the novel really comes alive when it departs from lushly imagined retelling and thrusts the family into unfamiliar territory when the brood encounters a city and city people. Elliott is at her imaginative and linguistic best describing city life, customs and architecture, building tension as Naava falls for a prince, fueling Cain's wrath. Elliott makes biblical fiction her own with a female perspective that emphasizes emotional turmoil, sensual experience and an impressive range of imagery that brings to life daily life in the beginning. <I>(Jan.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Contents
  
  About the Book
  
  About the Author
  
  Also by Katie Flynn
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  Prologue
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Book
  
   **Will she find love in her wartime home?**
  
   **1939**
  
  All over Britain, children are being evacuated. Eve Armstrong and her little
  brother are headed for Devon, where their parents will do their bit in
  Plymouth. Pulling out of London, Eve takes a last look at the crowded
  platform, the shabbily dressed evacuees, and a rude little boy sticking his
  tongue out. She’s looking forward to a change of scene.
  
  And at first, surrounded by countryside, animals and new pals, Eve is happier
  than ever at Drake’s Farm. Not even her daily chores dampen her spirits. It’s
  a different world that invites fresh starts, and so when Eve runs in