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Children on Their Birthdays

Truman Capote

First published 1949
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Lily Bobbit is a 12-year-old in the rural South who has big dreams, dances, defends the bullied, and defeats a conman, and is headed for Hollywood at the time of her unexpected death.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1949 Cover A Tree of Night and Other Stories Random House Collection 35
1950 Cover A Tree of Night and Other Stories William Heinemann Collection 34
1987 Cover The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Anthology 184