The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed (Paperback)
The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed,set in a small southern town at midcentury,tells the story of nine-year-old Susan,for whom the first bright,carefree,promise-filled days of summer slowly evolve into a time of innocence lost and childhood illusions shattered. Susan's 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. Susan's circle of young friends is joined for the summer by Eugene,the frail,s