A review by ashleybythelibrary
Eden Springs by Laura Kasischke

5.0

When browsing the Fairy Tale Review/Wayne State University Press table at AWP, I was offered a free copy of EDEN SPRINGS. Hesitant to take free books unless I know I'll read them or pass them on to someone who will enjoy it, I listened to the pitch from the bookseller. Based off of a true story, I was sold.

Flipping between narrative and clippings from newspapers, I felt unsure of the novella until I finished. It was then that I knew EDEN SPRINGS had hooked me. Like the cult leader it features, the novella hypnotizes you until you reach the epilogue and find yourself image searching Benton Harbor.