The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine—a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . .
October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the … last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth.
But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn’t know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.
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“Farewell, Summer. Here it is. October 1st. Temperature’s 82. Season just won’t let go. The leaves won’t turn.” from Farewell, Summer by Ray Bradbury
I read Farewell Summer on the last day of summer.
My electric company had sent me a warning email that my bill would be twice as high as last month’s. We had been running the air conditioner for …
Didn’t finish it. Nowhere near up to Bradbury’s previous writing.
Memorable and thought provoking!
The last of the trilogy and it is Uniquely Bradbury.
I love all that I have read by Ray Bradbury and this book is no exception. he draws you right into the story and keeps you there.
another romp in a long ago summer, from the mind of Ray Bradbury.
Frankly I was disappointed in Farewell Summer. I got it due to the author’s reputation. I thought it was poorly written despite gorgeous word salad descriptions, so we now know that Bradbury has an inventive, poetic vocabulary, but I got maybe 4 things out of it. Some young boys want to know the meaning of life and tend to be rebellious. Main …
Not one of Bradbury’s better efforts.
A journey into Ray Bradbury’s world is always a good one. Farewell Summer is a sequel to Dandelion Wine, which has always been a favorite of mine. The characters are so natural, so small town America, and from a time when the world was a much nicer place. But then, something “wicked this way comes” . . .
Took me a while to realize what was going on. When I finally figured it out I was impressed.
This book pits the desperate wish to never grow up of a gang of early teens, against the never give up desires of a small town’s oldest citizens.
Ray was the best!