

Eden Mine
Author: S. M. Hulse
Narrator: Elise Arsenault, Andrew Eiden
Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/11/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: S. M. Hulse
Narrator: Elise Arsenault, Andrew Eiden
Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/11/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
S. M. Hulse’s first novel, Black River, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, an ABA Indies Introduce title, an Indie Next pick, and the winner of the Reading the West Book Award. Hulse received her MFA from the University of Oregon and was a fiction fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An avid horsewoman, she has lived throughout the American West.
Elise Arsenault is a classically trained actor, singer, and voice-over artist. She has worked throughout the country with various regional theaters, including Merrimack Rep, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Ivoryton Playhouse, Imagination Stage, and the Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Institute. Elise holds a BA from George Mason University and received further training at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University. Her performances have been praised as high-strung, versatile and full of flair.
Andrew Eiden is an audiobook narrator who came from a long line of theater folk and has been acting since the age of four. He has starred in dozens of commercials as well as multiple television shows. At the age of eleven, he won first place in a local drama festival, which jumpstarted his acting career. He has performed in theaters ranging from the Glendale Center Theater to the Pasadena Playhouse.
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3.5 rounded up I will absolutely be looking for the next book by S.M. Hulse as I enjoyed this one very much. This and many other books similar to this are stories that need to be told. One of the main themes is how small town/rural America is suffering and so are the people that are living there that......more
I was a big fan of S. M. Hulse's debut novel Black River and have been eagerly awaiting Eden Mine. Hulse has a magic pen that creates a vivid sense of place and complex, conflicted characters embroiled in devastating moral choices. However damaged it might be, however poisoned, however marred, it's n......more
I just finished another good book happy to report that. This was a very tough book for me to give a final rating to. I thought it was well written, good main character but a few hard to believe things she did not do, call a lawyer and also find a new place to live for starters lol. It is a very intr......more
“Hulse’s talent is evidenced by her nuanced portrayal of Jo and the way she sees the world. In her relationship with Asa, in particular—both are scarred, both trying to heal—Hulse perfectly captures not only the landscape of the American West but also what it feels like to survive in a town that is dying.” New York Times Book Review
“A welcome entry in the genre of terror-themed fiction…Hulse simply concedes that the motivations of a terrorist are unknowable; she wants to understand the blast radius, not the bomb.” Los Angeles Times
“There is a toughness of spirit, a bleakness of light and circumstance, which twists thrillingly with every page…Hulse is a master storyteller—with every revelation she leads you further into the complex realization of how fanaticism and violence can erupt in a landscape as beautiful as Montana.” Amazon.com
“[In] Hulse’s dense yet lucid narrative…the nail-biting denouement is violent yet restrained, an additional sign of this young writer’s mature artistic powers.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A taut, poignant tale of a personal vendetta turned act of domestic terror…The dramatic conclusion kicks like a mule.” Publishers Weekly
“Mourning, loss, and love illuminate the pages of Hulse’s ruminative novel. Especially fine is her rendering of a person of faith struggling with doubt and the nature of evil.” Booklist