How I Grew - Hardcover

McCarthy, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151421935 ISBN 13: 9780151421930

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987

Synopsis

This remarkable personal memoir focuses on eight crucial years of McCarthy's life-from ages 13 to 21, from high school in the Seattle area through college at Vassar. Photographs.

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Review:

"This reminiscence will appeal to admirers of [McCarthy's] "Memories of a Catholic Girlhood". Such universal experiences as an adolescent girl's painful awakening to sex, her first love affair, her discovery of books and ideas involve the reader because of the author's . . . relentless candor and graceful style." --"Publishers Weekly"
"A fascinating account." --"Library Journal"
"A cause for celebration--the first installment of McCarthy's autobiography, as candid and iconoclastic as you would expect. . . . Not only a refreshingly un-retouched self-portrait but an unromanticized depiction of a society experimenting with a whole new set of familial, religious and sexual values . . . depicted with McCarthy's unerring eye for the telling detail, without false modesty or mitigating excuses. . . . Readers will be grateful for--and dazzled by--her frankness. A compelling reminiscence by one of America's major talents." --"Kirkus ""Reviews"

This reminiscence will appeal to admirers of [McCarthy s]Memories of a Catholic Girlhood. Such universal experiences as an adolescent girl s painful awakening to sex, her first love affair, her discovery of books and ideas involve the reader because of the author s . . . relentless candor and graceful style. Publishers Weekly
A fascinating account. Library Journal
A cause for celebration the first installment of McCarthy s autobiography, as candid and iconoclastic as you would expect. . . . Not only a refreshingly un-retouched self-portrait but an unromanticized depiction of a society experimenting with a whole new set of familial, religious and sexual values . . . depicted with McCarthy s unerring eye for the telling detail, without false modesty or mitigating excuses. . . . Readers will be grateful for and dazzled by her frankness. A compelling reminiscence by one of America s major talents. KirkusReviews"

About the Author:

Mary McCarthy (1912 1989) was an American literary critic and author of more than two dozen books including the 1963New York TimesbestsellerThe Group. Born in Seattle, McCarthy studied at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated in 1933. After moving to New York City, McCarthy became known for her incisive writing as a contributor to publications such as theNation, theNew Republic, and theNew York Review of Books. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps(1942), initiated her ascent to become one of the most celebrated writers of her generation, a reputation bolstered by the publication of her autobiographyMemories of a Catholic Girlhoodin 1957, as well as that of her now-classic novelThe Group."

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0151421935
• ISBN 13: 9780151421930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1