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Reading of Capote's work will be Nov. 10 in Monroeville The Monroe County Heritage Museums announces, by an exclusive engagement, Tom Key, of Atlanta, reading Truman Capote's, "A Christmas Memory." This seasonal treat will be presented in the Historic Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Capote's hometown. This one-hour reading will be offered Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the second floor courtroom. Limited seating is available. Tickets are $15 each, for all seats. Admission includes cider and fruitcake following the performance and a look at the new Capote exhibit in the Old Courthouse Museum. Key explains, "Over the last 15 years, I've read "A Christmas Memory" to all kinds of people in a variety of settings. I think offering an occasion for families to laugh, cry and wonder together with a sample story in the setting of the Old Courthouse will be an unforgettable pleasure." Set in rural Alabama in the 1930s, "A Christmas Memory" is a poignant remembrance of how a lonely seven-year-old boy and his beloved 70-year-old cousin celebrated the holiday. One of the most important projects the two shared was the baking of fruitcakes for a list including the Baptist missionaries in Borneo and the president of the United States. Funds for the cake ingredients were earned in part by collecting a penny for every fly they killed in August. The elderly cousin is ignored by all of her relatives because she is considered too childish in her behavior but during the course of the story, she becomes sufficiently child-like in her faith to lead her young friend in discovering the profound mysteries of the holiday season. The new exhibit, "Truman Capote-A Childhood in Monroeville" features pictures and memorabilia of Sook Faulk, the real life elderly cousin who cared for young Capote. The exhibit contains letters and photos from a family album donated to the museum by Capote's cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter, a resident of Monroeville. For ticket information call the Monroe County Heritage Museums at 251-575-7433 in Monroeville, located in the Old Courthouse on the historic downtown square.
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