Spanning centuries in a narrative of breathtaking beauty, 'This Other Eden' uncovers the saga of Apple Island. After finding refuge on the remote island in 1792, former slave Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife Patience forge a new world. Generations on, their descendants coexist with a tapestry of neighbors, sheltered from mainland hostility. But in the volatile summer of 1912, a zealous schoolteacher, Matthew Diamond, alters this equilibrium. His well-meaning intervention prompts authoritarian forces, swayed by eugenics, to evacuate the island, disrupting lives. The novel weaves a harrowing tale of the islanders' resistance and survival, and exhales a poignant exhortation on human dignity and resilience amid prejudice and injustice.