Dandelion Wine

<p>An endearing classic of childhood memories of an idyllic midwestern summer from the celebrated author of ‘Farenheit 451’.</p> <p>"He stood at the open window in the dark, took a deep breath and exhaled.</p> <p>The street lights, like candles on a black cake, went out.</p> <p>He exhaled again and again and the stars began to vanish.</p> <p>Douglas smiled. He pointed a finger.</p> <p>There, and there. Now over here, and here...</p> <p>Yellow squares were cut in the dim morning earth as house lights winked slowly on. A sprinkle of windows came suddenly alight miles off in dawn country.</p> <p>'Everyone yawn. Everyone up.'"</p> <p>In the backwaters of Illinois, Douglas Spaulding's grandfather makes an intoxicating brew from harvested dandelions. ‘Dandelion Wine’ is a quirky, breathtaking coming-of-age story from one of science fiction's greatest writers. Distilling his experiences into "Rites & Ceremonies" and "Discoveries & Revelations", the young Spaulding wistfully ponders over magical tennis shoes, and machines for every purpose from time travel to happiness and silent travel.</p> <p>Based upon Bradbury's own experiences growing up in Waukegan in the 1920s, ‘Dandelion Wine’ is a heady mixture of fond memory, forgiveness, magic, the imagination and above all, of summers that seemed to go on forever.</p>