A Tree Full of Stars
A Tree Full of Stars is a 1965 novel by American author Davis Grubb.
Story line and development
The novel, set in the Great Depression, is the story of the Dance family who keep their Christmas lights on all year round. "It was based on a family, again from Moundsville [West Virginia—Grubb's hometown] who kept their Christmas tree lit all year. Strangely, this enraged some people in the town. The family was finally forced to leave.[1]
Editions
- Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. This was Grubb's fourth and final novel for Scribner's. His next novel,
Shadow of My Brother would be published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston in 1966
- An abridged version appeared in Ladies Home Journal in December 1965.
References
- ^ Introduction by Louis Grubb, in Grubb, Davis, You Never Believe Me, St Martin's Press, New York,, p. ix, 1989.
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