Praise for Out of Eden
Out of Eden is an engaging story of a resilient mother and daughter who defy the conventions of their era. Cheryl Adam is a natural storyteller with a comic gift who succeeds in capturing the feel of the 1960s and its uneasy transition between the stifling conformity of postwar Australia and the move into the new freedoms of the 1970s. It also features that rare thing, a lively and unsentimental portrait of a truly good woman.
— Amanda Lohrey, author of The Labyrinth
Praise for Lillian's Eden
Lillian’s Eden opens a magic door into 1950s rural Australia. It is an elegantly-paced, colourful excursion down memory lane, complete with money worries, murky family secrets, an eccentric old aunt, an abusive, adulterous husband, and a feisty, courageous wife. Tragedy, comedy, farce, tenderness, triumph – and grit.
— Carmel Bird
Lillian’s Eden is a garden full of stolen roses, family secrets and ambivalence. It’s also home to one very attractive snake. I couldn’t stop reading till I found who got cast out.
— Kristin Henry
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