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Dandelion Wine & Farewell Summer
Ray Bradbury
Hardcovers, 267 pages & 211 pages; 2006 (1946) & 2006
At long last, here is Farewell Summer, the fifty-years- in-the-waiting sequel to Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury's enchanting autobiographical novel. The first book is the poignant evocation of the summer of 1928; the pure distillation of life in a small Midwestern town; a recollection of the essence of childhood. Bradbury's memories are presented through the character of twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding. In Farewell Summer, it's now October, and Douglas is deeply saddened by the end of summer. Somehow confusing time with age, he protests the change of season by targeting the town's oldest, crankiest citizens as the focus of his rebellion. In simply brilliant prose, Bradbury tells all the best kinds of stories…the exhilarating edge-of-your-seat kind, the bittersweet break-your-heart-into-a-million-pieces kind, and the soul-fortifying restore-your-faith- in-humanity kind. For ages 12 and over—including nostalgic and imaginative adults.
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