Turning Toward Eden

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A 1971 California Coming-of-Age Mystery</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Eden Lewis knows two things for certain: family's a whole mess of trouble and someone in the sleepy beach town is out for revenge.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>For most fourteen-year-olds California summers in the early 1970s mean sun and surf despite the Cold War chill. Not for Eden. Her AWOL father has sent her life into a tailspin landing her in a shabby seaside bungalow. Now she's stuck caring for her severely disabled brother Dex.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Caught in her parents' own cold war Eden ditches Dex at every chance-pier fishing with Hollis playing poker with the grizzled card sharks and caterwaulin' in the church choir. Never mind she's not on speaking terms with the Almighty.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then Raven arrives an elusive Soviet girl whispered to be behind a rash of petty crimes. When the mischief escalates to bloodshed on the beach rumors point to the commie giving Eden a mystery to crack and a jailbreak from her duties-until suspicious eyes fall on her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Desperate to prove herself innocent Eden embarks on a reckless game of chase-one that draws danger to her doorstep where uncovering the truth means betting Dex's life.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Will she go all in no matter the cost?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Winner of the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Award (Cross Genre) and the 2026 Illumination Gold Medal </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Turning Toward Eden</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is perfect for readers who love retro coming-of-age novels with a strong sense of place. Critics call it beautiful lyrical and a page-turning story that is bound to become a classic.</span></p>