Eve the Mother of All Living was demoted by men to become the queen-pin of patriarchy's assault on womankind. Patriarchy could not justify its existence without a story that "proved" women's inferiority and gullibility, so it co-opted Eve. In Eve Our Mythic Mother, Patricia Lynn Reilly reclaims Eve's truth for all of us by exposing the lies of patriarchy. Claiming theological and intellectual authority, she dismantles the patriarchal infrastructure that twisted Eve's story to deny women sovereignty over their own bodies and lives.