In the Fall of 2016, a fool for literature, aspiring Lady Detective, and armchair Anthropologist picked up a library book sale copy of Truman Capote's novella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and made a startling discovery.

The iconic gal-behind-the-fierce-sunnies, Holly Golightly, did not in fact "buy some furniture" or "give the cat a name."

Overwhelmed by a pervasive "Mommy" culture that she had - somewhat passively - accepted her place outside of, this information appeared by chance. As if it were the beam of a flashlight, probing a hidden corridor, the confirmed Auntee followed. Curious as a no-name kitty cat.

Miss Golightly wasn't, it became crystal clear, truly a fictional character at all. AT ALL- at all. Holly (née Lula Mae) Golightly's story is an entirely fictional re-imagining of Nina (née Lillie Mae) Capote's entirely non-fictional, and heartbreaking, demise. A sentiment penned by Jack Dunphy, the man Truman dedicated "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to, rings apropos: "It sounds like a story, but . . . "