| A Christmas Memory Contributor(s): Capote, Truman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679602372 ISBN-13: 9780679602378 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: Available for the first time in a single volume are the three holiday stories that Truman Capote regarded as among his greatest works of short fiction. Two of these childhood memoirs - "A Christmas Memory" and "The Thanksgiving Visitor" - center on the author's early years with a family of distant relatives in rural Alabama. Both pay loving tribute to an eccentric old-maid cousin, Miss Sook Faulk, who became his best friend. In "A Christmas Memory", Miss Sook, Buddy (the narrator), and their dog, Queenie, celebrate the yuletide in a hilariously tipsy state. In the poignant reminiscence "One Christmas", six-year-old Buddy journeys to New Orleans for a reunion with his estranged father that shatters many illusions. And in "The Thanksgiving Visitor", Miss Sook invites the school bully, Odd Henderson - called by Buddy "the meanest human creature in my experience" - to Thanksgiving dinner. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Biography & Autobiography - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96026022 |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Series: Modern Library (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 4.87" W x 7.52" (0.45 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Thanksgiving - Holiday - Christmas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44937 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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 Memory has 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. |