Dec 17, 2009

Children on Their Birthdays | Children on Their Birthdays

At a glance:

Author: Truman Capote
First Published: 1948
Type of Plot: Fantasy
Time of Work: The 1940's
Setting: Alabama
Principal Characters: Miss Lily Jane Bobbit, Billy Bob, Preacher Star, Rosalba Cat
Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Girls, Dreams, Accidents, Death or dying, Ambition
Locales: Alabama

The Story

Late one summer afternoon, an unusual-looking young girl, Miss Lily Jane Bobbit, arrives with her mother in a small, unidentified town in Alabama. The bus on which they arrive, the narrator of the story states in the opening lines, is the same one that will run over Miss Bobbit a year later as she prepares to move on, in pursuit of her dream of Hollywood stardom. Why she has chosen to settle briefly in this southern town is never revealed, and very little information about her earlier experiences is given. As for her family, her father is in a penitentiary in...

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Children on Their Birthdays | Children on Their Birthdays

At a glance:

The Story

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