I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0689869800
ISBN 13
9780689869808
LCCN
2004010534
Category
Nonfiction: Biography
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, United States
Pages
241
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Description
"Tell me what you remember most about home," Dick asked me one evening.
"A lilac tree," I said. "It bloomed every May around the time of Mama's birthday. Papa was a romantic; he would stand under the tree and sing songs of lilacs and love to her. The memory is so vivid in my mind, I can almost smell the lilacs now."
"One day, when this is over, I'll plant you a lilac bush. Perhaps it will grow old and become a tree, like the one you remember."
For that brief moment, I allowed my heart to swell with joy.
"A lilac tree," I said. "It bloomed every May around the time of Mama's birthday. Papa was a romantic; he would stand under the tree and sing songs of lilacs and love to her. The memory is so vivid in my mind, I can almost smell the lilacs now."
"One day, when this is over, I'll plant you a lilac bush. Perhaps it will grow old and become a tree, like the one you remember."
For that brief moment, I allowed my heart to swell with joy.
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