Under the Apple Tree - Softcover

Wakefield, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440194024 ISBN 13: 9780440194026

Publisher: Dell Pub Co, 1983

Synopsis

During World War II, when his older brother is fighting in the South Pacific, ten-year-old Artie Garber tries to look after Shirley Colby, his brother's girlfriend, who takes up with a 4-F reject

About this title

About the Author

Dan Wakefield is a novelist, journalist and memoir writer. His novels include the bestsellers Going All the Way and Starting Over, which were both produced as feature films. Wakefield wrote the screenplay for Going All the Way, and created the NBC-TV primetime series "James at 15." His memoirs include New York in the Fifties, which was the basis of a documentary film of the same name and "Returning: A Spiritual Journey," which Bill Moyers called "One of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever read." Dan Wakefield edited and wrote the introductions for Kurt Vonnegut Letters and If This Isn't Nice, What is? Vonnegut's Advice to the Young.

Review

Comments of Wakefield's work: "Wakefield is a witty, graceful writer, reminiscent of Irvin Shaw in his prime, able to write dialogue that crackles, with thoroughly credible characters and settings." Robert Kirsch Los Angeles Times. "A gifted reporter and novelist" Mark Shorer The American Scholar. Praise for Under the Apple Tree "I loved the story of a young boy who "keeps watch" over the girlfriend his big brother leaves behind when he goes off to fight in WWII. . . the novel is wonderful, sad and funny." Gay Talese "He pulls it off! The question that remains is, just how did he manage to work such magic?" Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times. --Los Angeles Times, The American Scholar

Edition details

• Publisher: Dell Pub Co
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440194024
• ISBN 13: 9780440194026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352