Eden Close

by Anita Shreve

Andrew returns to his childhood home in upstate New York to bury his mother.  Next door lives Eden Close and her mother, two women still suffering from the loss of Eden's father, who was killed by the person that broke into the house and raped Eden 20 years before.  Eden, now blind, continues to live with her mother, in spite of a difficult relationship when Eden was a child.  As Andrew prepares his mother's house for sale, he and Eden rekindle their relationship and uncover the secrets of that long-ago night.

This was a good book with a great story.  It moves along and leads you in one direction before taking a turn and leading you somewhere else.  Eden is a mysterious character for much of the book and the reader only sees her through Andrew's memories.  I didn't find the ending unbelievable as some of the reviews I've seen suggest.  The entire book leads to the ending and all the pieces fit. 

This is available as paperback (as I read) or for the Kindle.