{"product_id":"truman-capote-a-christmas-memory-2022-paperback","title":"Truman Capote: A Christmas Memory [2022] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare a captivating tribute to the Christmas season\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'We set about choosing a tree. \"It should be,\" muses my friend, \"twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can't steal the star.\"'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected from across Truman Capote's writing life, these Christmas stories range from nostalgic, semi-autobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of 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; while in other stories, a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capote, Truman","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50651861123411,"sku":"9780241474426","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":50651861156179,"sku":"XG80241474426","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/capote-truman-truman-capote-a-christmas-memory-2022-paperback-1152080542.jpg?v=1743114811","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/truman-capote-a-christmas-memory-2022-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}