One ChristmasOne unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found. |
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... floors and seven rooms , several of them huge , especially the three leading to the patio garden : a parlor , a dining room and a “ mu- sical " room for those who liked to dance and play and deal cards . The two floors above were ...
... floors and seven rooms , several of them huge , especially the three leading to the patio garden : a parlor , a dining room and a “ mu- sical " room for those who liked to dance and play and deal cards . The two floors above were ...
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... floors and some wicker here , some velvet there . It could have been mistaken for the house of a rich man ; rather , it was the place of a man with an appetite for elegance . To a poor ( but happy ) barefoot boy from Alabama it was a ...
... floors and some wicker here , some velvet there . It could have been mistaken for the house of a rich man ; rather , it was the place of a man with an appetite for elegance . To a poor ( but happy ) barefoot boy from Alabama it was a ...
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