Eden Summary

Eden speaks about love, and how some people find the right kind of love with the wrong person. Eden believes she has found the right kind of love with the right person. He is a boy named Andrew who does ranch work. Eden's father is a fundamentalist Assembly of God minister, and her mother is strict and devout. Eden has a younger sister named Eve. They live in Idaho. Their parents do not want them to date until they are ready to marry, but Eve is already dating Andrew without their knowledge. Andrew says he believes in God but is not active in religion. Eden is the same way, attending church functions and revivals to keep her parents happy.

Andrew is nineteen and a freshman at Boise State; Eden is sixteen. She is aware their ages present a problem because the age of...