{"product_id":"dandelion-wine-9780380977260","title":"Dandelion Wine","description":"\u003cp\u003eRay Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. \u003cem\u003eDandelion Wine\u003c\/em\u003e stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable \u003cem\u003ealways\u003c\/em\u003e. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradbury, Ray D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eIn a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include \u003cem\u003eFahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/em\u003e. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay \u003cem\u003eThe Halloween Tree \u003c\/em\u003eand an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613447164178,"sku":"9780380977260","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed67916e-f4b6-4ec9-b438-e5ab74424409.jpg?v=1732401871","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dandelion-wine-9780380977260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}