A review by mermaidforlife
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Steinbeck,
The many things you love to burn I burn, too

Newspapers, cigarettes, candles, and houses

Isn’t it strange I wrote a story about Catherine before I touched your Eden?

Yes, I owned my own garden

My own woman with a history identical to yours

My own garden of love containing weeds

But love warm enough to make light
And encompass all good and evil things