![]() And then the adage, “…and had other sons and daughters.” We know the genealogy of one son out of many, and yet, Smith created the characters to help move the story along and allow the messages within to gain a foothold. She explored personal relationships, first with Adam and Eve, and then with each child they bore (or, at least, a handful of them). ![]() ![]() How did they live? They had nothing, and from that had to make shelter, tools, even dishes and beds. She continued their story after the exile. A couple who walked daily with God.Īnd she didn’t stop with the garden. Smith dared to imagine what these first humans thought, what they felt, and what they did while they were in the most beautiful, most safe place ever created. A book that focuses on the people rather than a quick story of creation, deception, rebellion, and ultimately, exile. But that is exactly what Jill Eileen Smith set out to do with her novel, Daughter of Eden. I have no doubt that Biblical fiction is a difficult genre to write, forgetting the “now,” and focusing only on the “then.” Even harder, I would assume, is writing a story on someone we know so little about: Adam and Eve. ![]()
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