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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
so very short and sweet! fed my inner southerner and i feel like i should give this to my grandma accordingly.... i’m hesitating though because at one point there’s a line that says “there is no god and there is no santa clause.” other than that quandary it’s a perfect holiday essay collection.
این کتاب شامل سه داستان خاطره گونه هست از کودکی نویسنده در حدود هفت هشت سالگی که جدای از پدر و مادرش و در شهر دیگری پیش اقوامی (که یک برادر و سه خواهر بودن که هرگز ازدواج نکردن) زندگی میکنه. یکی از این خواهرها که حدود شصت ساله هست نزدیکترین دوست بچه هست و این دو نفر پای ثابت هر سه داستان هستند
توی هر سه داستان رگه هایی از پندهای اخلاقی به چشم میاد ولی اونقدر شدید نیست که دل رو بزنه
توی هر سه داستان رگه هایی از پندهای اخلاقی به چشم میاد ولی اونقدر شدید نیست که دل رو بزنه
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
very wholesome and wintry, and a beautiful ending.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A sweet and sad Christmas memory.
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is one of the very few books that capture your heart. The relationship between the grandma and her grand son is so pure and innocent that it made my heart melt. It made me remember my childhood and my memories with my lovely grandma. And surely this is one story that I will tell her when I see her next.
This is a charming Christmas story written by an "American Great Name," Truman Capote. Semi-autobiographical, this particular edition is also beautifully illustrated by Beth Peck. Very much in the vein of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, Capote recalls a last childhood Christmas spent with his friend, an elderly cousin who lived with him and other distant relatives. The cousins, though generations apart in age, have very much the same childlike mindset, and this story demonstrates that the mind of a child can make even the plainest and simplest Christmas a beautiful time.
For these two, the Christmas celebration focuses around the making of fruitcakes, and in fact, they spend the entire year saving money for the exploit. After they have the money, they must get the ingredients, and then on to the cakes themselves -- which are made for their best friends, people they have only met once or never met at all, such as President & Mrs. Roosevelt. These are the people who mean the most to them, apart from each other, because those people can't disappoint them or make them cry the way the overbearing relatives they live with do. As much as I loathe FDR, I found it charming that this took place in an era when an old lady and a seven-year-old boy could mail a fruitcake to the White House and get a thank-you note on official stationary rather than served a warrant.
In an era when Christmas is almost completely about stuff and not about people, Truman Capote's Christmas can look bleak by comparison. But the real point is when he and his friend can scarcely eat breakfast for their excitement Christmas morning, even though their presents consist of handmade kites and socks: they charge outside to fly kites together in the afternoon because the real highlight of the day is togetherness and friendship, and not bits and pieces of knicknacks.
For these two, the Christmas celebration focuses around the making of fruitcakes, and in fact, they spend the entire year saving money for the exploit. After they have the money, they must get the ingredients, and then on to the cakes themselves -- which are made for their best friends, people they have only met once or never met at all, such as President & Mrs. Roosevelt. These are the people who mean the most to them, apart from each other, because those people can't disappoint them or make them cry the way the overbearing relatives they live with do. As much as I loathe FDR, I found it charming that this took place in an era when an old lady and a seven-year-old boy could mail a fruitcake to the White House and get a thank-you note on official stationary rather than served a warrant.
In an era when Christmas is almost completely about stuff and not about people, Truman Capote's Christmas can look bleak by comparison. But the real point is when he and his friend can scarcely eat breakfast for their excitement Christmas morning, even though their presents consist of handmade kites and socks: they charge outside to fly kites together in the afternoon because the real highlight of the day is togetherness and friendship, and not bits and pieces of knicknacks.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No