How I Grew

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480441149

<DIV><DIV><b>The author of&#160;<i>The Group</i>, the groundbreaking bestseller and 1964 National Book Award finalist that shaped a generation of women, brings reminiscences of her girlhood to this intimate and illuminating memoir</b></div><DIV><i><BR>How I Grew&#160;</i>is Mary McCarthy&rsquo;s intensely personal autobiography of her life from age thirteen to twenty-one.</div><DIV><BR>Orphaned at six, McCarthy was raised by her maternal grandparents in Seattle, Washington. Although her official birthdate is in 1912, it wasn&rsquo;t until she turned thirteen that, in McCarthy&rsquo;s own words, she was &ldquo;born as a mind.&rdquo; With detail driven by an almost astonishing memory recall, McCarthy gives us a masterful account of these formative years. From her wild adolescence&mdash;including losing her virginity at fourteen&mdash;through her eventual escape to Vassar, the bestselling novelist, essayist, and critic chronicles her relationships with family, friends, lovers, and the teachers who would influence her writing career.</div><DIV><BR>Filled with McCarthy&rsquo;s penetrating insights and trenchant wit, this is an unblinkingly honest and fearless self-portrait of a young woman coming of age&mdash;and the perfect companion to McCarthy&rsquo;s&#160;<i>Memories of a Catholic Girlhood</i>.</div><DIV><BR>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</div><DIV></div></div>