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A Christmas Memory

Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast at Tiffany`s, are a captivating tribute to the Christmas seasonSelected from across Capote`s writing life, they 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 whiskey 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 good will. In other stories, an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore; 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.

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