Celebrate the holiday season by hearing award-winning novelist George Dawes Green read "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote! Hot cider and holiday treats will be provided. This is an outdoor event; guests are encouraged to bring a folding chair and blankets to stay cozy.

This tradition was started in the parlor of the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home by Robert Strozier, one of the founding members of the foundation that now manages the home. Strozier was a professor at Armstrong State University. He passed away in April 2019, and FOCCH dedicates each year's reading to his memory.

George Dawes Green, founder of The Moth and Unchained, is an internationally celebrated author. His first novel, The Caveman’s Valentine, won the Edgar Award and became a motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson. The Juror was an international bestseller in more than 20 languages and was the basis for the movie starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. Ravens was chosen as one of the best books of 2009 by the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Mail of London, and many other publications. Green grew up in Georgia and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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