The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, set in a small southern town at midcentury, tells the story of nineyearold Susan, for whom the first bright, carefree, promisefilled days of summer slowly evolve into a time of innocence lost and childhood illusions shattered. Susans mother is vain and frivolous, her father loving but distracted, and her sister, several years her senior, is coping with the first stirrings of serious love. Susans circle of young friends is joined for the summer by Eugene, the frail, strange nephew of a neighbor. As the months pass, Susan witnesses the disintegration of her parents marriage and learns from Eugene the cruelty people sometimes resort to. Lyrical and fanciful in spite of its dark moments, The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed puts on ample display the remarkable talent that has made Lee Smith one of our most popular writers of fiction.

Binding: Paperback;190 pages; Publisher: Longleaf on behalf of LSU Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 453 g; Dimensions: 215 x 141 x 11

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