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The Heart of a Distant Forest: A Novel (Modern Sthrn Clssc),Used
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Product DescriptionOn its publication in 1984, Philip Lee Williams' THE HEART OF A DISTANT FOREST was hailed nationwide.The stoy revolves around Andrew Lachlan, a retired junior college professor, who has returned to his family home on a lake in central Georgia to die. And yet, he has never felt so alive, so ready to learn about the natural world around his home. Having taught all his life, he is ready for quiet solitude. But a young country boy, Willie Sullivan, disrupts Lachlan'ssearch for order and rekindles memories he thought long dead.Lachlan also meets Callie McKenzie, a woman he loved years earlier, and they soon begin to see in each other reflections of the lives they once led. Lachlan's journal of his year by the lake leads him to a deeper understanding of himself and the world.About the AuthorPhilip Lee Williams is an awardwinning author of four works of fiction. Managing a fulltime position at the University of Georgia, he is also an accomplised composer. His works include THE HEART OF A DISTANT FOREST (winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction), ALL THE WESTERN STARS (optioned for film by Zanuck Productions), SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN, PERFECT TIMING, and THE SONG OF DANIEL (for which he was named Georgia Author of the Year). Williams lives in Athens, Georgia, with his wife and son.
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