This Other Eden

Inspired by the real history of Malaga Island, Maine, this novel follows the mixed-race descendants of a formerly enslaved man, Benjamin Honey, and his Irish wife, Patience, who built a home on a small island where generations of outcasts found refuge from the discrimination of the mainland. When an idealistic schoolteacher draws the attention of state authorities to the island's poverty, the community faces forced eviction — and its residents must search for another paradise.