The Ghosts of Eden [Paperback]

J. H. Andrew Sharp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2009

This is a superb epic about love, medicine and cultural identities with a huge African and European cast which concludes on the shores of the Indian ocean. Michael Lacey, the child of missionaries, and Zachye Katura, tending cattle for his father in the grasslands of Kaaro Karungi, are happy in their childhood idyll. However, the world around them is changing, propelling them towards tragedy. Haunted by grief and guilt, they grow up severed from their families and ancestral heritage. When they both fall for the same enigmatic woman they must face their past and hear their ancestors if they are to make their way in the modern world. This is a cross-cultural, cross-racial love story with a spectacular East African setting and contemporary worldwide themes of the effects of rapid cultural change.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This deeply moving book will leave you thoughtful for long after you have read it," Anne Widdecombe MP "Grips the reader. A stunningly haunting debut," Lesley Mason, the Book Bag "My favourite book with an African setting," Jackie Bailey, Farm Lane Books "Read during every spare minute ...," Reader comment, People's Book Prize "The delight is in the detail of this book. It brought to me pictures of Uganda and that feeling you always had there of life beyond this life, whispering, beckoning, interfering. Reality and myths reinforce each other as the title suggests and you are left feeling the vulnerability of humanity," Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

About the Author

Andrew Sharp is a doctor who writes. He trained as a surgeon and then as a general practitioner and has lived and worked in East and Southern Africa where he has close family ties. His grandfather owned an island in Uganda described in IN SEARCH OF PARADISE (1960) by Stephen Lister as 'not only the loveliest and most delightful spot I saw in Africa, but I am almost tempted to say in the world.' Now based in the East Midlands where he is a GP and Hospital Practitioner in General Surgery in University hospitals of Leicester, Andrew is a contributor to medical magazines and has written award winning short stories. He has a private pilots licence to fly microlights ... although this has now lapsed!

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Picnic Publishing (November 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0955861330
• ISBN-13: 978-0955861338
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,442,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)