
Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, "The Grass Harp" tells the story of three endearing misfits an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, "The Grass Harp" manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.
This volume also includes Capote s "A Tree of Night and Other Stories," which the "Washington Post "called unobtrusively beautiful . . . a superlative book. "
**Truman Capote** was an American writer, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1958) and *In Cold Blood* (1965), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel".

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, "The Grass Harp" tells the story of three endearing misfits an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, "The Grass Harp" manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.
This volume also includes Capote s "A Tree of Night and Other Stories," which the "Washington Post "called unobtrusively beautiful . . . a superlative book. "
**Truman Capote** was an American writer, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1958) and *In Cold Blood* (1965), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel".