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Eden Abandoned: The Story of Lilith | Book Review

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  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 – &