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A Christmas Memory with CD (Audio)
by Truman Capote

A Christmas Memory with CD (Audio) Cover

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Publisher Comments:

First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. We are proud to be reprinting this warm and delicately illustrated edition of A Christmas Memory--"a tiny gem of a holiday story" (School Library Journal, starred review). 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 between two innocent souls--one young and one old--and the memories they share of beloved holiday rituals.  

Synopsis:

This beautiful edition of Capote's wistful holiday masterpiece celebrates the 50th anniversary of "A Christmas Memory." This classic is now reissued in a smaller, all ages edition and packaged with a free audio CD featuring the narration of Broadway musical and Hollywood star Celeste Holm. Celebrate giving with this Christmas class.

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First published in 1956, this autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. Delicately illustrated, this 50th anniversary edition features an audio CD narrated by actress Celeste Holm. Full color.
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About the Author

Truman Capote (1924-1984). Based on his own boyhood in rural Alabama in the 1930s, A Christmas Memory was orginally published in Mademoiselle in 1956 and later was included in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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sarahh14, January 4, 2008 (view all comments by sarahh14)
I first read A Christmas Memory some twenty years ago, but the memory just lingers... I still feel the cool autumn breeze and smell the fruitcake spices--cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, and cardamom, like when I used to bake fruitcakes with my sister. I am from the Philippines, and there's really no autumn here; neither were fruitcakes that popular at the time, because we had a lot of other native recipes and dishes esp. for Christmas including various rice cakes and delicacies(bibinka, kalamay, and puto bumbong), fresh buco (young coconut) salads, lechon (roasted pig or chicken), morcon, and leche flans. But I dreamed and dreamed of fruitcake and the falling leaves in the U.S., where my brother was then taking graduate studies. He did send me fallen ginkgo, maple and pine leaves, but left my imagination to real 'home-made' fruitcake from Alabama. Never mind, I don't have to taste it-- just reading A Christmas Memory, already I cannot forget it!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375837890
Subtitle:
Audio
Author:
Capote, Truman
Illustrator:
Peck, Beth
Author:
illustrated by Beth Peck
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Christmas
Subject:
Family - Multigenerational
Subject:
Cooking/Food
Subject:
Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas
Subject:
Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
48
Dimensions:
9.52x7.68x.43 in. .75 lbs.
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
04-08
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