Eden Pond

Eden Pond is the main character in the Eden Pond Series.

*** This series is currently in very early development and may never get further than the short entries here at this wiki. ***^[1]

Biography

In the planned series, Eden Pond is a young woman who grew up on Tillamook Bay in the years after World War I. At the start of World War II, Eden lives in Garibaldi, Oregon with her older brother Merton. Her twin brother Harry has recently moved to nearby Tillamook to serve as an air raid warden. Eden is employed with the Tillamook County Sheriff's Office as a secretary, where she has so far fended off the romantic advances of Deputy Clifford Stern.

After the death of her parents from Spanish Flu in 1918, Eden and Harry were raised by Merton with the help of family friend Tillie Larkin. Eden would always look up to Tillie, seeing her as both a mother-figure and friend.

Her mother’s name was Arabelle and her father was Rufus. Though she has no memory of them, she often tries to imagine what they must have been like. Merton doesn't like to talk about their parents, not least because his larynx was damaged in the First World War. Though she's unsure if she'll ever even marry, if she ever has children Eden plans to name them for her parents.

Planned Novels
At present, there are four planned novels in the Eden Pond Series. If there is interest, more are possible, as well as shorter works.

The first, working title Tillamook Guerillas, will take place in February through April of 1942 as America shifts to a war footing in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack. Murder at the Shipyardwill take place in Portland at the Kaiser Shipyards, where labor clashes with management and an influx of women and minorities in the workplace result in violence and murder. Women's Air Service will center on the U.S. Navy's Tillamook Naval Air Station and the death of a flamboyant member of the Women’s Air Service. Fire Balloon takes place late in the war, when a death blamed on one of Imperial Japan’s infamous fire balloons may be more than it seems.

Vital Statistics

Date of Birth: 7 February 1917
Date of Death: —

Character Affiliations

Merton Pond, brother
Harry Pond, brother
Allen Birch, Tillamook County sheriff
Clifford Stern, deputy sheriff
Jonah Shibuya, Eden's and Harry's childhood friend

Appearances

Tillamook Guerillas (working title), Eden Pond Book 1, in early development
Murder at the Shipyard (working title), Eden Pond Book 2, in early development
Women's Air Service (working title), Eden Pond Book 3, in early development
Fire Balloon (working title), Eden Pond Book 4, in early development

Notes

↑ I kid. Sort of. As the Appearances section above suggests, I have four possible book ideas in the works. I've begun historical research, have created initial character sketches for Eden, her two brothers, Sheriff Birch, and childhood friend Jonah. I've even written some rough draft chapters. All that said, it's possible this won't go much further, depending on other projects and my own constantly shifting interests.

[kidding-1] I kid. Sort of. As the Appearances section above suggests, I have four possible book ideas in the works. I've begun historical research, have created initial character sketches for Eden, her two brothers, Sheriff Birch, and childhood friend Jonah. I've even written some rough draft chapters. All that said, it's possible this won't go much further, depending on other projects and my own constantly shifting interests.

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