{"product_id":"9780062242273","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","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078653559024,"sku":"9780062242273","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062242273_p0.jpg?v=1763627326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062242273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}