| Memories of a Catholic Girlhood Contributor(s): McCarthy, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156586509 ISBN-13: 9780156586504 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1972 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 57008842 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.6 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCarthy, Mary: - MARY MCCARTHY (1912-1989) was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist, and critic. She was the author of The Stones of Florence and Birds of America, among other books. |