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A Christmas memory / Truman Capote.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF CAPO	Adult Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780241474426 (paperback)
Name	Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 author.
Title	A Christmas memory / Truman Capote.
Published	London : Penguin Classics, 2021.
Description	94 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary	Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season Selected from across Capote's writing life, the stories range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whisky to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; it is Sook who teaches Buddy the true meaning of goodwill. In other stories, an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore; an eccentric young girl dreams of Hollywood; and a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York. Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.
Subjects	Capote, Truman, -- 1924-1984 -- Childhood and youth
Subjects	Christmas
Series	Penguin modern classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Capote, Truman, -- 1924-1984 -- Childhood and youth . Christmas . See Also: Fasts and feasts . Holidays . Authors: Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 . Series: Penguin modern classics .