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Sweet, tender and achingly sad, this beautiful childhood memory of Truman Capote gathering ingredients for and making fruitcake for Christmas with his childlike and much older cousin had me in tears by the end.
Cruelly separated by life (aka his mother) I wish these two lovely souls had been able to reunite - just once- before the real Sook's death.
I'm glad Truman carried this memory in his heart.
Cruelly separated by life (aka his mother) I wish these two lovely souls had been able to reunite - just once- before the real Sook's death.
I'm glad Truman carried this memory in his heart.
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Such an evocative and heartfelt story from Truman Capote, when he was a boy in the 1930s, saving nickels and dimes and pennies (“a hateful heap of bitter-odored pennies”) to buy the ingredients for homemade fruitcake that he makes with his favorite cousin, an older lady with the heart of a child.
It’s filled with vivid events and images that stick with you: buying illegal whisky from Haha Jones, decorating the Christmas tree with homemade paper decorations, a pair of kites hurrying toward heaven ...more
It’s filled with vivid events and images that stick with you: buying illegal whisky from Haha Jones, decorating the Christmas tree with homemade paper decorations, a pair of kites hurrying toward heaven ...more
One of the most beautiful stories I have every read. Wonderful writing and it brought happiness & then tears to my eyes. My copy also has the most wonderful illustrations. A new favorite Christmas Story.
What a beautiful narrative of the special ties of a close relationship.
A sweet story with exquisite watercolor illustrations.
I loved it!
Jun 06, 2012
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