[PREORDER] East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collection)
This is a preorder book, available to order from 25 June to 10 July. Estimated arrival is 2–4 weeks after the preorder period ends (it may arrive sooner!).
You’ve wondered how much of who we are is chosen, and how much is inherited.
In East of Eden, John Steinbeck unfolds a sweeping saga of two families across generations, capturing all the beauty and brutality of human nature. Set against the rich hills of California’s Salinas Valley, this novel explores sibling rivalries, impossible longings, and the struggle between light and dark that lives in every heart.
More than a family epic, it’s a meditation on freedom, fate, and the powerful idea that we can always choose who we become. Steinbeck’s lush, vivid prose and unforgettable characters remind readers that even the hardest histories hold the seeds of hope—and that compassion can grow from the most broken places.
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The Search for Meaning
A rich, expansive novel that wrestles with good, evil, and the ways we shape our own destinies.
✅ Pushes readers to reflect on their own capacity for kindness and cruelty
✅ Offers a timeless story about breaking patterns and choosing one’s path
Challenging My Views
A powerful, morally complex look at what truly defines a person.
✅ Probes questions of nature versus nurture and generational inheritance
✅ Encourages readers to rethink assumptions about character, sin, and redemption
📘 Stories About…
Becoming & Belonging
Following characters as they strive to understand themselves and one another.
✅ Follows brothers, parents, and children seeking identity and grace
✅ Examines how family legacies can burden—or inspire—those who come next
Freedom & Constraint
Tracing the tension between inherited sin and the personal freedom to choose differently.
✅ Centers on the moral and emotional battles that shape every life
✅ Shows that liberation often begins with facing one’s own dark and tender truths