false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg 9620 9 <p> In a summer that refuses to end, in the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois. It is the age-old conflict: the young against the elderly, for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The first cap-pistol shot heard 'round the town is dead accurate, felling an old man in his tracks, compelling town elder and school board despot Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain to marshal his graying forces and declare total war on the assassin, thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, and his downy-cheeked cohorts. Doug and his cronies, however, are most worthy adversaries who should not be underestimated, as they plan and execute daring campaigns&#8212;matching old Quartermain's experience and cunning with their youthful enthusiasm and devil-may-care determination to hold on forever to childhood's summer. Yet time must ultimately be the victor, with valuable revelations for those on both sides of the conflict. And life waits in ambush to assail Doug Spaulding with its powerful mysteries&#8212;the irresistible ascent of manhood, the sweet surrender to a first kiss . . . </p> <p> One of the most acclaimed and beloved of American storytellers, Ray Bradbury has come home, revisiting the verdant landscape of one of his most adored works, <i>Dandelion Wine</i>. More than fifty years in the making, the long-awaited sequel, <i>Farewell Summer</i>, is a treasure&#8212;beautiful, poignant, wistful, hilarious, sad, evocative, profound, and unforgettable . . . and proof positive that the flame of wonder still burns brightly within the irrepressible imagination of the incomparable Bradbury. </p> 2707963 book 1 10 2006 Farewell Summer: A Novel total:382|5:64|4:130|3:135|2:39|1:14| 382 1337 622 80 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 5 3 false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 19:30:38 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 11:16:57 -0800 2008 Dandelion Wine, and while it is the sequel to that book, I think it would be easy eno...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Nov 09 13:38:25 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:00:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 5 2 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 23:36:08 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:10:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1061932 0061131555 9780061131554 16 9 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1061932.Farewell_Summer 3 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:51:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:14:13 -0700 2009 Farewell Summer requires some background.

Ray Bradbury is my favorite author, and his Dandelion Wine is my favorite book. Dandelion Wine expresses the intensity and wonder of a fleeting childhood. I love it because Bradbury captures the vividness of childhood vision and the fre...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:49:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:49:46 -0800 2009 Ray Bradbury, now in his mid-80s, explains in his postscript that the original Dandelion Wine manuscript included much of the material in Farewell Summer. His publisher at the time thought the book too long, and advised Bradbury to shelve the latter half. He certainly took the advice to heart. Fifty...

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At first, I wasn't so interested in the book's subject matter, largely a mock war between the young (Doug, Tom, and his cohorts) and the o...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 06:57:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 07:00:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1061932 0061131555 9780061131554 16 9 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1061932.Farewell_Summer 3 1 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:49:39 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 07:40:31 -0700 2009 Dandelion Wine? Well...to be honest, no. But still, it's a fine read for any Bradbury fan and someone looking to catch a bit more of Green Town, IL. Where Dandelion Wine captured the joys of innocent childhood and a town full of unique and charming characters (bottled like a nice wi...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 29 18:34:09 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 18:34:09 -0700 2008
When I saw that Ray Bradbury had a new novel out, I could barely wait to get it from the library. Here it was at last, the sequel to One of my all time...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Sep 28 13:15:54 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 10:38:33 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 13:15:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2311473 0792745426 9780792745426 1 1 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2311473.Farewell_Summer 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 05:47:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 05:51:26 -0700 2008
It took me about a commute and a half to listen to "Farewell Summer" last wee...more...]]> 6946019 9789545859403 1 1 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254818392m/6946019.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6946019 3 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:40:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:40:53 -0700 2009 Е, далеч е от прекрасността на "Лято от глуха�...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 2 0 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 07:20:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 06:04:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 5 0 false Fri Feb 20 18:56:57 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:56:57 -0800 2009
Decades later, Bradbury does just that with th...more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 1 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 20:34:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 20:35:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 09:46:11 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 09:15:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1061932 0061131555 9780061131554 16 9 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1061932.Farewell_Summer 3 0 false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 21:43:51 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 21:51:23 -0700 2009 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 10 21:32:06 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 21:10:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 1 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 14:46:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 14:48:09 -0700 2009 9620 0061131547 9780061131547 363 68 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031208m/9620.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9620.Farewell_Summer_A_Novel 5 0 false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 13:40:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 10:58:35 -0700 2008
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