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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100156421852
ISBN-139780156421850
eBay Product ID (ePID)75087
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow I Grew : a Memoir of the Early Years
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen Authors, General, American / General, Literary
Publication Year1988
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMary Mccarthy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsIn this autobiographical account of McCarthy's intellectual and emotional development, we meet her as a lonely, frightened 13-year-old and leave her as a sophisticated Vassar graduate, foolishly married at age 21 to a man she doesn't love. This reminiscence will appeal to admirers of her 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 near-photographic memory, her relentless candor and graceful style. Brought up by grandparents, McCarthy, "a bright wild girl from Seattle," at 17 was put off by Vassar's "cleverness," but she notes that the school left its stamp on her, making her "brittle, smart and a little empty." Photos not seen by PW., McCarthy, an important American writer for over 30 years, here offers a fascinating account of her life from ages 13 to 21. In her lively style she relates details of those early yearsthe influences, triumphs, losses, and friends, for friendship, she states, "is essential to intellectuals." Of particular interest is the discussion of her extensive readingsome of it assigned but much pursued on her own. In fact, her purpose in writing this volume is largely to "trace the onset of intellectual interests" that occurred when she was 13, the year she was "born as a mind." (Her 1957 Memories of a Catholic Girlhood approaches her early life from a different perspective.) A candid writer, McCarthy ends this volume with her marriage at 21 to a man she did not love, making us eager to follow her story further in the next installment. Nancy R. Ives, State Univ. of New York at Geneseo.
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal818/.5209 B
SynopsisThis 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.
LC Classification NumberPS3537.T323
