A NOVEL BY DANIEL KEANE

 

A story of marriage, desire, honesty — and the extraordinary places trust can lead.

 

Daniel meets Eva at a point when he believes love may be passing him by. Intelligent, adventurous and quietly generous with her heart, Eva transforms his understanding of what a relationship can be. Before they marry, Daniel makes her one extraordinary promise: they will always tell each other the truth, never hide, no matter where that honesty leads.

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That promise is tested when Eva is attracted to another man. Faced with the choice between fear and trust, Daniel honours the promise. Rather than destroying their marriage, that commitment becomes the foundation of a partnership that allows them to grow beyond convention.

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Over four decades, they build a life defined not by possession but generosity. Their journey takes them around the world and into a hidden community bound by honesty and kindness, where strangers become friends, friendships become family, and the consequences of one couple’s choices extend far beyond their marriage.

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As the years pass, EVA becomes a story not simply about desire, but about jealousy, ageing, friendship, freedom and the changing meaning of love inside a long marriage.

 

Daniel is gradually forced to confront the question at the heart of the promise he made: whether loving another person can ever truly mean allowing them to become completely themselves.

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 EVA is likely to give your group plenty to talk about!