Daughter of Eden

Eve's Story

By: Jill Eileen Smith

Narrated by: Leah Horowitz

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

The first time she opens her eyes, Eve gazes on One whose beauty nearly blinds her, whose breath is in her lungs. Her Creator takes her hand and gives her to one like her and yet different. Together, she and Adam experience pure joy as they explore Eden. But her favorite moments are when the Creator comes to walk with them, day after day.

Until everything changes. With one act of disobedience, Eve finds that her world is no longer a friendly place. With remorse in her heart, she must face the unknown future—the births, the deaths, the sacrifices, the loss of the one home she has ever known. Perhaps worst of all is the loss of trust, not only with her Creator but with the man who shares her life. How will they ever survive out of Eden?

Bestselling biblical fiction author Jill Eileen Smith imagines the life of the first woman to ever live, unspooling a story of love, loss, and the promise of redemption.

©2023 Jill Eileen Smith (P)2023 Recorded Books

Nice Story

A good interpretation of possible conversations and feelings. I couldn’t imagine being in Eve’s shoes.

I really loved it - felt like I was there

I really felt as though I was there. You always here people joke that they cant wait to get to Heaven and have a talk with Eve. This stops you in your tracks, and makes you think of how this stayed with her. Even though there were creative/artistic liberties, this felt real. LOVE this so much.

A woman of courage and faith.

An excellent, creative and informational account of Creation from Eve’s perspective. So many things I never imagined she would have seen, thought or experienced. Written with clarity and compassion. I loved it!

Love the portrayal of Eve!

I absolutely loved this audiobook! I love the portrayal of Adam and Eve, all of their children and generations of their offspring that spread across the earth, and the story of Enoch. Great book!

Masterpiece Of A Story

Leah Horowitz did a great job narrating this phenomenal story about Eve, our first mother. Wow!! If I could write a book about Eve, this would be it. So well researched, such deep thought processing obviously went into this. Eve's heart, her hurts dealing with Adam's resentful anger, the death of Abel, the loss of children through empty nest syndrome, seeing many turn away from YAHUAH. The triumphs of birthing, learning to make whatever was needed whether food or utensils, seeing Seth and Enoch walk with YAHUAH. The dangers of the giant nephilim and the consistent self doubt she must have experienced. This is a "masterpiece" of writing. I literally took my time listening because I didn't want the book to end. I know I will listen to it again, probably many times. That says a lot because I rarely even want to do that. Excellent!!!

Interesting Insights

Fun story to think about. Narrator needs to improve her inflections at the end of nearly every sentence. Very distracting and too interpretative on her part.

Fabulous

This book made the story of our beginning, and the beginning of creation, come alive! I understand that artistic liberties were taken with the story, but it all made perfect sense, and I believe the author is right on target! Thank you thank you, thank you for this beautifully written, and narrated book.

great story

lovely time listening to this story.
narrator did a great job as well, single handed even!
I didn't always agree with how things in the beginning might have been, but loved to learn the authors perspectives.
interesting thoughts to ponder.
loved listening to another Bible related book by this author.
thank you.

Very interesting story.

This was a very interesting take on Eve and her life. After Adam and Eve are removed from the Garden of Eden and their troubles begin, the story becomes very interesting. As they have children, if you can get over the cringe worthy feeling of siblings marrying and having children, the story turns into one you can't put down. There are stories that stay with you. This in one of those stories. Very good if you believe in the love and forgiveness of God. If not, you will not enjoy this book.

Eden

What a lovely story based in part on the book of Genesis. It gives you a picture of what life might have been like for Eve and Adam. The narrator did a great job, and I enjoyed the reading as well as the story of God’s love and grace.