Thanks to Gayle I am now in temporary possession of some modern classics. I'd never even seen the film of Breakfast at Tiffany's so I was keen to find out what the book was all about. It's beautifully written and constructed and has the memorable character of Holly Golightly, infuriating and touching all at once. Now I must see the film - but will the characters be as I imagined them? The book also included 3 short stories, the last of which "A Christmas Memory" I can't recommend enough. It's warm and touching and full of nostalgia for a little boy's childhood.
Day 161; Book 161
Injured stray black cat evades rescuers since Halloween, finally gets
rescued and a furever home just in time for Christmas, names her Holly:
‘Tell Santa my new address!’
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Last year around Halloween a woman came across a stray black cat sitting in
a pile of orange leaves. The contract of the fall foliage against the very
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Oh dear Oh dear...that makes 2 of us. I have neither read the book nor seen the film, but I feel I really should now! Thanks Anne
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