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San Antonio, TX Author Publishes Novel of Time Travel & Parental Love

By: PR Leap
(PRLeap.com) Pastense, a new book by Robert Gordon Johnson, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

In the 1980s, Mary Edwards watches as her daughter Emily fights for her life against leukemia. With each visit to the hospital, Mary finds herself drawn to the research floor, and meeting with a mysterious man named Bun who educates her on the advancement of stem cells, and the critical work being done by Dr. Randall Byrne, before he abandoned his research after a psychotic break and disappeared into the night many years ago.

As Emily finally succumbs to her cancer, Mary, in her grief, finds herself on the park bench outside the hospital where Emily suffered and fought, and meets the long-lost Dr. Byrne. Miraculously, he has found a way to travel back in time, to a pivotal moment. Mary takes a leap and is sent twenty-four years into the past to save Dr. Byrne and, through his research, her Emily.

A bittersweet story of grief, love, reconnections, and reflection, Pastense is a heartbreakingly beautiful take of one woman's journey through the past, present, and hopeful future.

About the Author
Robert Gordon Johnson is an orthopedic surgeon who trained in Toronto, where Pastense takes place. He has been involved in stem cell research, and the science presented in this novel is real. Johnson loves to read, write, and exercise at the gym. He has run a dozen marathons and participated in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii three times. Johnson still practices orthopedic surgery in San Antonio, where he lives with his wife Andrea, son Colin, and two cats. He has a son and daughter, Richard and Rachel, from a previous marriage.

Much of the inspiration for Pastense came from the death of a friend's child from leukemia.

Pastense is a 576-page paperback with a retail price of $32.00 (eBook $27.00, Audiobook $31)). The ISBN is 979-8-88683-463-5. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For members of the press, to request a review copy, visit our virtual pressroom at https://dorrancepressroom.com/pastense/ or to buy the book visit our online bookstore at https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/pastense/

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Brittany Baker
Dorrance Publishing

http://www.dorrancepublishing.com

You can see the original version and more on PRLeap here: http://www.prleap.com/pr/295172/san-antonio-tx-author-publishes-novel-of-time-travel-parental-love

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