A review by bookgirl4ever
The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us by Bruce Feiler

3.0

Despite the few passages in the Bible about the Creation, Adam, Eve, their relationship, or their family life, many people throughout time have written accounts and interpretations, some with great insight, into the lives of the mother and father of manking. This book takes the reader through some of those interpretations (literary, scholarly, etc) and finds a different perspective than traditional Christianity. As Feiler writes: "Their story is not just about sin, disobedience, ingratitude, squandering their inheritance, and ruining life for the rest of us. Their story is about originality, forgiveness, bouncing back from calamity, and modeling resilience. Their story is about love, in all its messy, carnal, hopeful, resurgent glory." Quite interesting, and very hopeful.

Adult