CHRISTMAS MEMORY PKG

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Summary: Beautiful, haunting ... unforgettable
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Toward the end of his life, Capote squandered his incomparable gifts. This beautiful story was written long before those terrible days. If you love the very spirit of Christmas, you will treasure "A Christmas Memory." I envy you being able to read this for this first time - it's that kind of discovery.

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Summary: A Timeless Treasure
Review: "A Christmas Memory" is truly one of the most enduring and heartwarming holiday tales ever to grace the pages of American literature. This soothing bit of classic Americana written by Truman Capote is as warming on a cold winter night as a steaming cup of hot, mulled cider in front of a crackling fire under my grandmother's afghan. The touching and refreshing friendship between Buddy and his "friend" is not only delightful but something to cherish as one teaches the other of the old timeless traditions of the past and the new wonders of the future. Buddy's total acceptance of his "friend" and her somewhat offbeat perspective on life and the changing world around them is what drives this story throughout it's moments of childlike magic to it's ultimate bittersweet conclusion. The belief in love and the bond that can exist between two people of completely different generations and the hope that wherever we go and however many miles may come between us, that bond can never be broken is the foremost message of this precious tale. Given the events of resent months, a story like this helps to heal as well as entertain and is more then just another book to be put away on the shelf. "A Christmas Memory" is a blessed gift to be read again and again, year after year and to be welcomed into home and hearth as a dear, old friend unexpectedly visiting on a chilly Christmas morning.

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Summary: A Timeless Treasure
Review: "A Christmas Memory" is truly one of the most enduring and heartwarming holiday tales ever to grace the pages of American literature. This soothing bit of classic Americana written by Truman Capote is as warming on a cold winter night as a steaming cup of hot, mulled cider in front of a crackling fire under my grandmother's afghan. The touching and refreshing friendship between Buddy and his "friend" is not only delightful but something to cherish as one teaches the other of the old timeless traditions of the past and the new wonders of the future. Buddy's total acceptance of his "friend" and her somewhat offbeat perspective on life and the changing world around them is what drives this story throughout it's moments of childlike magic to it's ultimate bittersweet conclusion. The belief in love and the bond that can exist between two people of completely different generations and the hope that wherever we go and however many miles may come between us, that bond can never be broken is the foremost message of this precious tale. Given the events of resent months, a story like this helps to heal as well as entertain and is more then just another book to be put away on the shelf. "A Christmas Memory" is a blessed gift to be read again and again, year after year and to be welcomed into home and hearth as a dear, old friend unexpectedly visiting on a chilly Christmas morning.

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Summary: My Thoughts
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote is sure to make you think about relationships and love between friends. The overall plot of this memior made me involved in the happy relationship and story, then I shared in the sadness also. The loving, childish relationship between two cousins, Sook and Buddy, made me react strongly to this story. Furthermore, scenes like the adventerous encounter with Mr. Haha and Sook's childish personality overtook my emotions and made me more involved in the story. A Christmas Memory is a novel that can certainly make you experience love, happiness, adventure, and sadness and feel it strongly in perhaps a real-life situation.

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Summary: My Review
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote is sure to teach you to cherish life and the people that make you who you are. Sook was always there for Buddy and with her childish behavior and personality it made Buddy love her that much more. Exciting parts in the story include the scenes where Sook and Buddy went to Mr. HaHa Jones' house to get the whiskey for the fruit-cakes. Sook showed her love for Buddy by being by his side throughout his life with her. Sooks childish personality took over my mind. It was amazing that she was so intelligent yet she was a child at heart. The incident with Mr. HaHa Jones was frightning because of the grumpy attitude he had toward other people. A Christmas Memory is a novel that will surely make you make oyu understand the how wonderful it is to have a best friend that loves you a lot.

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Summary: Truman Capote's wonderful Story
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote is the most moving and truly sincere book I have ever read. The sincere love Buddy showed toward Sook was entirely inspirational and unique in all aspects. During the time that Buddy was at military school, Sook showed her devotion to him by sending him letters (with a dime for a picture show) and fruitcakes. Buddy was growing up but he still loved Sook and refused to revoke his love for her. When the horrorindious news arrived one day, something in Buddy had already told him it was so. Buddy looked toward the sky, as he expected "rather like hearts a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven. A Christmas Memory may be just a story, but once you enter the pages of the book the lives of these people come to life and entwine with your own.

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Summary: A Christmas Memory
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote is very heart warming. The book is very touching from the part Soot and Buddy are friends to the part they are seperated. To the day Soot and Buddy were in the field flying kites. Since they were both happy you could feel the love between them as the kites were floating easily above them as if they were being held. A Christmas Memory is a novel that will make you realize what friendship is.

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Summary: A Christmas Memory
Review: A Christmas memory by Truman Capote makes you have many diffrent strong fellings. Buddy's aunt choose to send him to a military school. He didn't want to go but she thought it was best for him. In the book Buddy had a friend. She was his cusin. They had been together every since Buddy was little. This was their last Christmas together. He didn't want to leave his friend but he had to. When he leaft that was the hardest part in the book. A Christmas Memory can certainly make you be sad and mad at diffrent times. Your emotions change real fast.

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Summary: My Review
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote was a captivative and moving story. It shows the powerful bond of a friendship, no matter the age. Sook was like Buddy's grandmother, however, they acted the same age. It was heart warming, even though I also felt outraged at Jenny for being so heartless. A Christmas Memory is a great book to read if you like touching stories

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Summary: My thoughts on a Christmas Memory
Review: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote will make you realize how deeply you care for someone special in your life. When Buddy was told that he had to go to military shcool this changed the whole mood of the story by causing a conflict. I felt that the way they stuck together though the rough times. I felt that he did not deserve to go becuse he was where he wanted to be and that was home. A Christmas memory is a very emotional book that will make you feel some very strong emotions.