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I wrap myself up with Dandelion Wine every August and settle in to remember the summer and welcome the fall. Every year, I find something new to savor in it. The magic that pours out of this book never ceases to grab me.
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This book read like a dream, as indeed it is - for Bradbury says in his introduction that he would construct each chapter based on word association every morning - almost as though he was retrieving fragments of dreams not quite cast off when he woke.
Dandelion Wine is a semi-autobiographical series of vignettes about life in Illinois in the summer of 1928. Tom and Douglas Spaulding, a pair of brothers, catalogue their 'rites and ceremonies' (like the making of dandelion wine with their grandpa) ...more
Dandelion Wine is a semi-autobiographical series of vignettes about life in Illinois in the summer of 1928. Tom and Douglas Spaulding, a pair of brothers, catalogue their 'rites and ceremonies' (like the making of dandelion wine with their grandpa) ...more
