Set on a Wizard of Oz-like vacation estate, Buechner uses a summer school for children as the backdrop for mystical experiences and a family’s search for faith.

“A brilliant book.”–Francis Bickley, Punch

“In this clever novel, the recesses of the sane and unbelieving mind are probed and found wanting.”–Katherine S. Rosin, Book-of-the-Month Club

“The Seasons’ Difference is a suave and urbane comedy about several immense abstractions—faith, innocence, loneliness, and love.”–Orville Prescott, New York Times Book Review