Review of
A Christmas Memory, by Truman Capote
Five out of five stars
A fond memory of childhood
Noted author Truman
Capote lived with a family of distant and elderly cousins in rural Alabama until
he was 10 years old. The household he lived in was very poor, his best friend
was his elderly cousin Miss Sook Faulk. She was almost everything to him in
terms of a familial relationship, anchoring his life.
They did much
together, in particular when the Christmas season arrived and it was time for
them to make and distribute fruitcakes. The process starts by gathering pecans
that have fallen from a nearby tree. The two of them do many things together
and on the occasions when other family members are mentioned, there does not
seem to be a great deal of affection of the others for Truman and Sook.
This is a story
told quite fondly, another demonstration that almost any childhood can be a good
one as long as the child has an adult to look after and care for them. Such a
life can be rich, even when you have to earn money a penny at a time for
killing 25 flies.
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