sentences:  "The Stones of Summer", first printed in 1972, quickly went out of print after its publisher Bobbs Merrill filed for bankruptcy.Because of this (and, it is speculated, a subsequent lack of marketing), this "marvelous book" (reviewer John Seelye in "The New York Times Book Review"), saw minor sales.According to Moskowitz’s documentary, Mossman was also briefly hospitalized for a nervous breakdown while completing the novel, which may have also impeded its commercial success.