{"product_id":"christmas-memory","title":"Christmas Memory","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314975023486,"sku":"NW9780241474426","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/christmas-memory","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}