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A Christmas Memory
by Truman Capote
ISBN: 0394419316
ISBN-13: 9780394419312
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY is a fictional/autobiographical recollection of the author's boyhood in rural Alabama. Buddy, a seven-year-old orphan, happily prepares for the Christmas season by making fruitcakes with his eccentric cousin, Miss Sook.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1985
Size: 6.5 x 10 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Synopses
A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.
Publisher's Notes
Until he was 10 years old, Truman Capote lived with distant relatives. This book is an autobiographical story of those years and especially about his relationship with one of his cousins, Miss Sook Faulk.
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Christmas Memory by Capote, Truman
Truman Capote
Random House, 1966-10-12. Hardcover. Like New. New and in excellent condition (name on inside front cover, otherwise in mint/pristine condition). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine.Ships Quickly! Shop with confidence, satisfaction guaranteed! ( more information) Offered by novel-books (United States)
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A Christmas Memory
Capote, Truman
New York, NY: Random House. 1956. ISBN: 0394419316. NF, small, attractive blind stamp ffep in Fine slipcase; Lovely copy of this title; Teal cloth/cream; 8vo; No DJ. ( more information) Offered by Optical Insights (United States)
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