Susan Fletcher
Eve Green
A Novel
Winner of the 2004 Whitbread
First Novel Award
AFTER HER YOUNG MOTHER' S sudden death
eight-year-old Eve is sent to live with her grandparents
in rural Wales. In this unfamiliar world, she is
told stories about her relatives but is forbidden to ask
about her father, an Irish thief who abandoned her
mother. When an older girl in town disappears, Eve is
drawn into the longstanding secrets and suspicions of
her town. A rare page turner, Eve Green is a dramatic
story about a grievous error of judgment.
"Full of grace, wisdom, lyricism, and heart."—
Elizabeth Berg
"Susan Fletcher's first novel . . . is one of those
lyrical books about childhood in which the physical
details—the sights, the smells—take on a vividness
that's entrancing."—Polly Shulman, New York Times
Book Review
"Readers who like to plumb the depths of loss and
its counterpart—the joy of living—would do well to
pick up [Eve Green]."—Jessica Treadway, Chicago Tribune
SUSAN FLETCHER was born in Birmingham
and now lives in Warwickshire, England.
This is her first novel.
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