A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote
Kuperard (Bravo Ltd)
 9780679602378
0-679-60237-2

A holiday classic from "one of the greatest writers and most fascinating society figures in American history" (Vanity Fair)!First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection.

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from Truman Capote (In Cold Blood;Breakfast at Tiffany's)about his rural Alabama boyhood is a perfect gift for Capote's fans young and old.Seven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin, Miss Sook Falk: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship and the memories the two friends share of beloved holiday rituals.A Christmas Memoryhas been described as"[a] gem of a holiday story" (School Library Journal, starred review), and this warm and delicately illustrated edition is one you'll want to add to any Christmas or Capote collection.