[Deserted Isle Books is our new series in which our contributors discuss the one book they would choose if they were, well, stranded alone on a deserted isle forever. Read other installments of the series here, get your own copies at Powell's, and explore other series like this on our Special Features page.]

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A Swig Of Summer: On Reading Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, Even On An Island

You read it always, whether trapped on a deserted island or aboard a sinking ship.  Drink a glassful while hovering atop Mount Everest, and one swig more while riding the avalanche on the way down.  No matter what situation in which you find yourself, Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine will always be your tonic.  Equal parts nostalgia and yearning, readers find themselves raising glasses to Greentown, 1928, to the young, spry boys who inhabit the place, slipping on fresh tennis shoes on the first day of summer only to peel away their sweat drenched soles once September dies. …
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