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Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
Author: Mary McCarthy
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 inve...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156586504
ISBN-10: 0156586509
Publication Date: 3/15/1972
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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An autobiography of McCarthy's early life after the death of her parents in 1918. Mary and her three brothers first live with a great-aunt and her cruel husband. After five years the children are rescued by a Protestant grandfather and Jewish grandmother. The book chronicles Mary's journey through childhood. Also eight pages of family photos.
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