A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
This story, "A Christmas Memory," is a nonfiction reminence of one fond
memory of Capotes'.
A distant relative of Truman Capote's, Sook Faulk, took care of him
through his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "Buddy," after a
former best friend. During one November morning, when Buddy was seven, Sook
decided it was fruitcake weather. She called him to get their buggy and her hat
to go pick pecans. Queenie, their terrier who has survived illness and snake
bites, follows them on their errand. After picking pecans for three hours,
Buddy and Sook began hulling their buggyload. The discussion during dinnertime
was the need of materials to make the cakes, and the lack of funding to do so.
Sook and Buddy begin reminiscing about how they managed to gather their meager
sums. People in the house donate a dime or two. Buddy and Sook make some money
by selling jams and jellies, rounding up flowers for funerals and weddings,
rummage......
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