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On Sale: March 13, 2012
304 pages
ISBN: 1401340873
EAN: 9781401340872
Kindle: B0072MRGYM
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From the bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton
comes a lyrical and gripping story of a great American dream.
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few
dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what
would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying
mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic,
rollicking, and tragic utopian dream from its hopeful start
through its heyday and after. Arcadia’s inhabitants include
Handy, a musician and the group’s charismatic leader;
Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker
and historian; and Abe and Hannah’s only child, the book’s
protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created.
While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes.
If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in
Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents—including Handy
and Astrid’s lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle—how
can Bit become his own man? How will he make his way through
life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must
eventually live? With Arcadia, her first novel since her
lauded debut, The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted young
fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most
accomplished literary artists.
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