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Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy (1972, Trade Paperback) *NEW
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780156586504
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156586509
ISBN-13
9780156586504
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73819
Product Key Features
Book Title
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Literary, Christian Education / General, Essays
Publication Year
1972
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
57-008842
Reviews
A perhaps misleadingly restrictive title for a folio of some eight autobiographical pieces dealing with Mary McCarthy's past when as the eldest of "poor Roy's children"- her parents died during the influenza epidemic of 1918- she shuttled between two sets of grandparents and three religions- Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. Under the monitory supervision of the Catholic McCarthys in Minneapolis, the four young ones were turned over to a blood relative, Aunt Margaret- a "well-aged quince of 45" whose regimen of prunes and parsnips, no toys or books was supplemented by the capricious brutality of her husband Myers. Removed by "the Protestants", her grandfather Preston and his Jewish wife, to Scattle, there followed a period of quieter discipline in a Catholic convent where she lost her faith; the transfer to an Episcopalian boarding school and infractions of another nature; a summer in Montana and her introduction to whisky under the tutelage of a married druggist; and the pieces conclude with an unforgettable portrait of her grandmother Augusta Morgenstern and the elaborate ritual of her days.... Time has not dulled the sharpness of the image and incident here, and the portraiture has an exceptional definition to which the polished prose- there is never a flubbed phrase- is certainly contributory. There is also a warmth, and an often gamine charm, absent from her fiction, which may attract others beyond her anticipated audience (although Catholic readers have already been aroused on the initial publication of these pieces.)
Dewey Decimal
818.5
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
PS3525.A1435 Z55
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