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The Lost Books Club is proud to present The Stones of Summer, the debut novel of Dow Mossman, as our first "lost" book. The Stones of Summer is a coming of age tale set in rural Iowa, and follows the story of Dawes Williams as he grows from childhood into manhood. The Stones of Summer received glowing reviews upon its realease in 1972. John Seelye, in the New York Times Book Review, wrote: "The Stones of Summer is a holy book, and it burns with a sacred Byzantine fire, a generational fire, moon-fire, stone-fire." The novel not only received glowing reviews, but 25 years later became the impetus for filmmaker Mark Moskowitz to set out in search of the forgotten Dow Mossman, the author of this groundbreaking and inspiring work. The Stones of Summer is now available. Click here for more info.
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Kristofer Collins discusses Stones in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Dow Mossman was raised in Iowa. He completed The Stones of Summer, his debut novel, in his mid-twenties and subsequently disappeared from the publishing scene. Both
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