From the Holiday Bookshelf

Every year I either read or listen (a truly wonderful audiobook read by Celeste Holm) to this charming and poignant story of Truman Capote's childhood. The writing is masterful, the story will warm your heart, make you laugh, and bring a tear to your eye. It is much more than a tale of a young boy, growing up during the harsh years of the depression in the deep south. A deeper thread of friendship and trust is present, that stays with the reader long after the final bite of stuffing is gone and the fragrance of gravy has blown away on the last winds of autumn.