A Christmas Memory Author:Truman Capote, Beth Peck (Illustrator) First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. We are proud to be reprinting this warm and delicately illustrated edition of A Christmas Memory. Seven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin, Mis... more »s Sook Falk: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship between two innocent souls -- one young and one old -- and the memories they share of beloved holiday rituals. « less