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5 5 Summed Up A Heartfelt Journey Through Love and Loss The team at Text Publishing kindly sent me a pile of books and you know that moment when a book s cover just calls to you That s exactly what happened when I laid eyes on Edenhope I had no expectations and no knowledge of what I was about to dive into but the second I started reading I knew I was in for something special This story was deep and moving and an eye opener to a situation that s sadly all too real for so many Australian families Marnie the leading lady is a powerhouse of love and passion which had me crying all the happy and sad tears If you re looking for a book to bring out the emotions and feel all the feels this heart breaker is for you Raw real and beautifully written this one s going to stick with you 9781923058071 A wonderfully written book about the heartbreak that too too many parents go through with drug addicted adult children Highly recommended but you may cry 9781923058071 Terribly sad but I loved it Sometimes hard to work out all the characters but maybe that s because I had an audio book on the go at the same time that wasn t dissimilar 9781923058071 Edenhope by Louise Le Nay reminded me of Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar as it was about a woman whose life was changed saved kinda by a place and the people she met there It s a delightful book and could be heavy going given it deals with drug use addiction and child neglect but instead through our narrator Marnie there s a sense of hope despite everything else A reminder that there are good people willing to do good things. Edenhope golf club I d definitely recommend this book Le Nay takes a sympathetic and compassionate approach to parenting relationships and addiction She through Marnie also takes readers on a journey reminding us a mother s love is unconditional but sometimes it s important to let go or rather remove the rose coloured glasses and accept that life may not turn out the way we expect. Edenhope weather Read my review here 9781923058071 What a wonderful read this was Grandmother Marnie raises two very young grandchildren their mother an addicted mess who probably loves but neglects them The tale is beautifully understated just as the main characters are just ordinary humble people The characters especially Marnie are drawn beautifully and are so real Edenhope is an ode to grandparents who raise their grandchildren and there are hundreds of thousands of them in Australia I don t know how they do it I doubt I could Highly recommended 9781923058071 Marnie is sixty three and downwardly mobile Her middle class marriage is long gone her only child or less estranged She s living in a granny flat behind a stranger s house Still things could be worse She likes her new boss Trinh and her flat has a leadlight window depicting a galleon in full sail Also her daughter Lenny has just brought Marnie s adored grandchildren to stay She s also brought her repellent boyfriend and raging drug habit so nothing new there But this time it s different This time Marnie can see with absolute clarity the danger the children are in And this time she s going to do something about it This is the revelatory story of an ordinary woman who will let nothing not even the law stand in the way of her grandchildren s safety Simply elegantly told and utterly compelling Edenhope is an adventure for those who believe adventure can come from anywhere And it is a love story for those who understand that love can be found everywhere EdenhopeA beautiful powerful book about what it means to be a mother 9781923058071 I couldn t put this down but chiefly because it is set geographically around where I grew up and returned to live I wanted to enjoy it for than that however but didn t It came across as just another middle class dysfunctional family porn effort where the main character is the heroine and the things she experienced and choices made totally unbelievable She sleeps in her car after rescuing her two grandchildren but her experiences read without credibility someone imagining what it would be like than it being real her approaches that of a tidy housewife finding solutions that required the safety of a home to be as easy as they are written not so cramped in a car for days with distressed children The babytalk does not improve things Her daughter and boyfriend are two dimensional figures made up of characteristics that read almost as if taken from a guide to writing capital L Low Life thus perpetuating stereotypes rather than giving the reader fully developed characters We are told the daughter is dreadful and always had been from early childhood but there is no insight into that childhood or what might have led to her behaviour except in terms of all the wonderful things her self sacrificing long suffering mother did for her As I read this absence became and glaring The mother s unconvincing behaviour in her situation is also a problem The scenes in the car the emphasis on the importance of haircuts the amount of generous help she was given by so many something that doesn t happen in the real world and all left an unpleasant after taste when I finished Pity as the basic plot could have worked but only if certain superior than thou middle class preconceptions of life and other people had been kept in check and the main character not so obviously glorified 9781923058071 The following reviews have been shared by Text Publishing publisher of Edenhope A moving story about one woman s unconditional love the kindness of strangers and what s right as well as what s wrong with the way we live now Amanda Lohrey Edenhope s tenderness harrowing truth and everyday beauty makes it one of the must read fiction books of the year Australian Arts Review 5 stars A quietly unfolding novel with contemporarily impacting themes of Australian society woven through the narrative Thought provoking and deeply emotional Theresa Smith Writes The splendour of this contemporary novel is in the quiet practical resilience that emanates from Marnie throughout the ordeal Brilliantly characterised by Le Nay What follows is a cathartic journey filled with moments of tension as well as peace despair and hope Marnie is likely to be wholly recognisable to many women the world over yet people like her rarely come to the fore in novels All of this makes Marnie and her quietly courageous story entirely and compellingly relatable Weekend Australian If Edenhope was a film it would be edge of the seat stuff a two tissue tale with all the feels Le Nay s understanding of character enriches not only the major players but also the many and varied country people who come to the little family s aid Readers will cheer for Marnie and want her to take several curtain calls NZ Listener 4 stars I loved the short very simply but expertly written chapters I loved the fact that the main character was a woman in her sixties I enjoyed that her age and upbringing gave her wise takes on people and the world I loved all of the side characters even the unpleasant ones And I loved the relationships Edenhope has real heart and I would highly recommend it Good Reading 4. EBook edenhope medical 5 stars Heartache and hope sing a thematic duet A potent highly relatable character in the matriarchal heroineExciting narrative and rich in colourful rural Australiana Mercury 9781923058071 Why I chose it I loved the sound of the description and was drawn to the cover. EBook edenhope college The good There is so much that was good about this novel I loved Marnie s fierce determination to protect her grandchildren from their own mother her daughter She faced down the unknown and stood her ground so many times when I could picture myself wavering if placed in the same situation I loved the demonstration many times over of the kindness of strangers towards Marnie and the little ones The way in which the author depicted navigating the channels of Centrelink and Child Safety was realistically frustrating but also balanced as there were people within the system trying to assist despite the system not being set up to allow for speed and certain services Kudos as well to the family lawyer giving their time pro bono and going than the extra mile to help people like Marnie out. Book edenhope The not so good Lenny was a hard character to muster any empathy towards She was an addict yes but she was also just a mean selfish entitled loser I could empathise with Marnie from a mother point of view as to why she kept trying and caring but from an outsider point of view I just wanted Marnie to cut her loose The author dug into this dilemma so well at what point do we step back from being a parent and just focus on parenting the grandchildren When is it okay to give up on your own child and accept they are a lost cause Such a profound dilemma with no real answers of course. PDF edenhope hospital In brief A thought provoking and deeply emotional story about a woman who has been driven to the point of destitution by her daughter s drug habit and her quest to save her grandchildren from certain harm I was gripped by this story from the outset and loved all of it far than I had been expecting to It would make for a terrific book club pick Highly recommended. Edenhope hospital Thanks to Text Publishing for the review copy 9781923058071 In the way Roseghetto has stayed with me so will Edenhope This was a book I could not put down despite the sometimes harrowing and often heartbreaking journey of Marnie as she battles to keep her grandchildren safe and ensure they feel loved I cried in sheer despair and heartache numerous times Set in and around country Victoria and Melbourne this is an insight into living with addiction and the toll that takes on family As a mother we would do almost anything for our families but at times I could not believe the lengths Marnie went to her courage and strength And yet at other times I found myself angry with her shouting enough as she yet again divested her future and her happiness to an addict. Edenhope hostel Themes Family friendships addiction child neglect social welfare homelessness in women over 50 grandparents parenting their children s children. Edenhope motor inn For fans of quietly unfolding novels with contemporarily impacting themes of Australian society woven through the narrative.Brilliant A fantastic read 9781923058071