Truman Capote's mother was not, according to her own testimony, emotionally capable of motherhood. Living with her husband in a New Orleans hotel at the time of his birth in 1924, she sent Truman to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama, when he was barely able to walk. She eventually committed suicide. Many of his stories, perhaps most notably “A Christmas Memory,” in which he which paid loving tribute to his old cousin, Miss Sook Faulk, who succored him in his childhood loneliness, were based on his recollections of life in and around Monroeville.
This piece includes a number of photographs, the full text and audio of “A Christmas Memory,” the 1966 movie “A Christmas Memory” and a tribute video.
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