{"product_id":"a-christmas-memory-one-christmas-the-thanksgiving-visitor","title":"A Christmas Memory: One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library) by Truman Capote","description":"\u003cp\u003eTogether in one festive, keepsake volume, here are the three holiday stories that Truman Capote regarded as among his greatest works of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A Christmas Memory” and “The Thanksgiving Visitor” were inspired by Capote’s early years with a family of distant relatives in rural Alabama. These two childhood tales pay loving tribute to an eccentric old-maid cousin, Miss Sook Faulk, who became Capote’s 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 an unexpected guest to the holiday meal: the school bully, Odd Henderson, whom Buddy calls “the meanest human creature in my experience.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguished by Capote’s delicate interplay of childhood sensibility and recollective vision, these three classics are gems that celebrate the unique bonds of friends and family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40801016348845,"sku":"9780679602378","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/products\/content_97a411f2-a876-46b7-8671-137cd7dea12c.jpg?v=1632253318","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/a-christmas-memory-one-christmas-the-thanksgiving-visitor","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}