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My Name Was Eden

My Name Was Eden

by Eleanor Barker-White

Publisher HarperNorth

Genre: Crime

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‘A compulsive, didn’t-see-it-coming thriller’

ABIGAIL DEAN, international bestselling author of Girl A

One twin vanished. One twin reappeared.

‘A fantastic debut – unpredictable, tense and absorbing’ ROSE CARLYLE, #1 international bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror

‘Dark and creepy . . . in the most compelling way. A proper page-turner’ KATY BRENT, bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away with It

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When Eden is rescued from the lake, her mother Lucy has a second chance.

No one knows why the 14-year-old Eden almost drowned on her way home from school. But now she’s safe, Lucy can start being a good mother. The mother she should have always been, before the loss of Eden’s twin during the pregnancy consumed Lucy, all those years ago.

But when Eden wakes up in hospital, she claims that Eden isn’t her name. That her name is Eli – the name Lucy had reserved for the unborn twin.

Could it be that all this time, Lucy’s grief has been misplaced?

Eden, it seems, is the twin who’s really disappeared . . .

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‘Peels back the layers of family life . . . Had me reading far too late into the night’ TAMMY COHEN, author of The Wedding Party

‘A major new voice in psychological thrillers’ MINDY MEJIA, bestselling author of Everything You Want Me to Be

‘A deep dive into the messy emotions of love and mourning . . . A great read’ HELEN FIELDS, international bestselling author of The Institution

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About the Author

Eleanor Barker-White

Eleanor Barker-White is a family support worker at HMP Erlestoke, Wiltshire. She holds a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa, and is working on a second novel based on her experience of working with families affected by crime and criminal justice. Her first novel, My Name Was Eden, was inspired by more personal experiences: after a long ordeal with IVF Eleanor conceived twins, but due to Vanishing Twin Syndrome only one of her children survived. She was surprised to go on to have another child naturally. She tweets @Penningprose.

My Name Was Eden will be published by HarperNorth in the UK and William Morrow in the US in spring 2024.

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