One Summer in Arkansas

This is a story of place, in the tradition of Southern fiction, with vivid images of Arkansas and the values of small-town life.

It is 1990, the stock markets are soaring and Lee Addison is on a fast track to success in Silicon Valley. Just out of law school with a job lined up at one of the best firms in the Bay Area, he is positioned to join the ranks of young elites who will shape the 21st century.

But standing between him and his shining future is a promise to his mother to spend the sum...