{"product_id":"9780571260485-dandelion-days","title":"Dandelion Days","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis history is beautiful - and important.' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaber Finds is reissuing the four titles in \u003ci\u003eThe Flax of Dream\u003c\/i\u003e sequence: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDandelion Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Fair Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pathway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003eDandelion Days is the second novel in \u003ci\u003eThe Flax of Dream\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy describing the life of Willie Maddison. This volume continues the story of Willie's boyhood with escapades at school and idyllic adventures in the countryside. The moving, at times almost Arcadian account, of youth before the Great War is shattered at the end when we learn 10943 Private W. B. Maddison has enlisted and is serving in a territorial Infantry Battalion in the Ypres Salient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Gets as near to the heart of a boy as anything I have read for many years. Willie Maddison is a person and a representative. His history is beautiful - and important.' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaber Finds is reissuing the four titles in \u003ci\u003eThe Flax of Dream\u003c\/i\u003e sequence: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDandelion Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Fair Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pathway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524843806817,"sku":"9780571260485","price":17.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28461751.jpg?v=1738205294","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571260485-dandelion-days","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}