by Brian Porter<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contemporary Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: Legacy Book Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date of Publication: June 27, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Number of Pages: 222 pages\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nate delves into the past, afraid of what he might find. He encounters a resentful cousin, a wary town patriarch, a reclusive uncle, a beguiling hidden garden, and a mysterious illness. Nate is drawn to the Holub family farm, where he seeks refuge in nature and tries desperately to reach Viola, his inscrutable grandmother. The farm is a place that haunts his memory, a place where dark secrets dwell. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n PURCHASE FROM:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Amazon<\/a>\u2502Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Bookshop.org<\/a> \u2502 Kobo<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Add the book to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u25c6 INSTAGRAM<\/a> \u25c6 FACEBOOK<\/a> \u25c6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u25c6 AMAZON<\/a> \u25c6 GOODREADS<\/a> \u25c6 BOOKBUB<\/a> \u25c6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Giveaway ended July 7, 2023<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the blogs for book reviews, special features, and to enter the giveaway each day! 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ABOUT THE BOOK: <\/strong>Veterinarian Nate Holub takes a job in his father\u2019s Texas hometown, wondering if a city boy has what it takes to be a country vet. As he struggles to adapt, Nate reconnects with his family and discovers that his father\u2019s accidental death thirty years earlier was much more complicated than he realized. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Dreams of Arcadia<\/em> is a touching portrait of an American family. It explores the enduring ties that hold us together and bind us to the land.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/author_photo_porter.jpg\")
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: <\/strong>Brian Porter lives in College Station, Texas, where he works as a veterinary pathologist. He previously worked in private veterinary practice and once taught high school chemistry. Dreams of Arcadia<\/em> is his first novel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/giveaway_dreams_of_arcadia.png\")
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