Oscar Patton, Ph.D., is a retired professor of English composition and literature. He is the author of two other novels: When the Bough Breaks and Riding the Fantastics. He lives and writes on his farm near Ambrose, Georgia. His novels are available online in paperback and e-format from Outskirts Press and Amazon.com.
A Place To Call Home
A Novel
by Oscar Patton
A Place To Call Home
A Novel
by Oscar Patton
Published Nov 18, 2013
207 Pages
Genre: FICTION / General
Book Details
Finding the Way Home
Young professor Oliver Hardin settles in at Georgia Southeastern College, happy to be home in Satilla County: “Cock-a-doodle-do. This rooster has come home to roost. Bring your mugs, boys. The keg is iced down. The pork is on the pit. And the chicks are on the way.” Then, in the year he expects to become a tenured professor, storm clouds gather. Discord among colleagues, a developing romance with a student, the prospect of being fired, a night in jail, a cock fight that turns deadly, and the loss of a close friend force Oliver to see Satilla County in a new light and to re-assess what “home” means.
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