A Tree Full of Stars
A Tree Full of Stars is a 1965 novel by American author Davis Grubb.
Story line and development[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Introduction by Louis Grubb, in Grubb, Davis, You Never Believe Me, St Martin's Press, New York,, p. ix, 1989.
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