Eden Abandoned: The Story of Lilith | Book Review
Review of Shinie Antony's Eden Abandoned: The Story of Lilith. Title - Eden Abandoned: The Story of Lilith Author - Shinie Antony Genre – Mythology Format - Paperback Pages - 144 Publisher - Hachette India Publication Date - 9 February 2024 'Women are born in survival mode. Their job, they are told, is to love. But what is this love they neither know nor see – this illiquid, no-return-on-investment, invisible land they must buy with all their soul money?' Lilith. Wild, untameable Lilith. She is the love of Adam's life – the only woman for the only man on Earth. Until Adam replaces her with Eve. Biddable, meek, subservient Eve. 'Lilith is demanding, short-tempered and unnatural in her sexual desires,' Adam complains to God. Cast out of Eden, Lilith roams the Earth, masters the dark arts and fights the system: dissent is delicious. She is now the Lilith – night monster, seductress of demons. And child-killer. Lilith, from whom the word lullaby comes – &