Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy's recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering the need to fictionalize for the sake of a good story with the need for honesty, she creates interchapters that tell the reader what she has inferred or invented. Photographs.

About the author

MARY MCCARTHY (1912–1989) was an award-winning short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist, and critic. She was the author of The Stones of Florence and Birds of America, among other books.

Summary

This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy’s recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering the need to fictionalize for the sake of a good story with the need for honesty, she creates interchapters that tell the reader what she has inferred or invented. Photographs.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Mccarthy
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1972
• EAN: 9780156586504
• ISBN: 978-0-15-658650-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 241 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, RELIGION: History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM: Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM: Short Stories, LITERARY CRITICISM: Feminist, RELIGION: Faith