Sign in
|
Join us
NY Times Bestsellers
Book Genres
Award Winners
Books by Age
List by Subjects
About
Admin Panel
admin detail
Choose library
menu
Google Recommendations
NYT Bestsellers
Award Winners
Library Reads
K-12 Readings
Book Lists by Age
Libraries
Book Genres
Order By
Customer Review
Best Selling Rank
Publication Date
Book Lists
American Children's Awards
Author's Corner
Award Winners by Subject
Mystery
Science Fiction
All
Award Winning Books for Adults
Best Picks for Adults
Best Picks for Boys
Best Picks for girls
Best Recommendations for Kids
Books by Popular Children's Authors
British Children's Awards
Canadian Children's Awards
Children's Awards
Kumon Recommended Reading Lists
Recommendations by Age
Recommendations for Age 4-8
Recommendations for Age 9-12
Recommendations for Baby-3
Recommendations for Young Adult
All
Recommendations by Grades
Recommendations for Grade 1
Recommendations for Grade 2
Recommendations for Grade 3
Recommendations for Grade 4
Recommendations for Grade 5
Recommendations for Grade 6
Recommendations for Grade 7
Recommendations for Grade 8
Recommendations for Grade 9-12
Recommendations for Kindergarten
All
Recommendations by Subjects
Biographies
Books Made into Movies
Character development
Depression
Fantasy
Finance and Business
Friendship
Health
History
Inspirational
Leadership
Nonfiction
Parenting
Read Aloud
Recommendations for Holidays
Reference
Religion
Reluctant readers
Romance
Science
Science Fiction
Sibling Relationship
Sports
Vampires, Werewolves & Zombies
All
School Board Recommendations
Summer Reading Lists
Teacher's Corner
New Releases by Becky Wolff
Becky Wolff is the author of
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (2013)
.
1 result found
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
by:
Mary McCarthy
release date:
Oct 15, 2013
Find in Library
Check on Amazon
Google Books
Add to Bookshelf
DIVDIVTracing her moral struggles to the day she accidentally took a sip of water before her Communion—a mortal sin—Mary McCarthy gives us eight funny and heartrending essays about the illusive and redemptive nature of memory/divDIV “During the course of writing this, I’ve often wished that I were writing fiction.”/divDIV Originally published in large part as standalone essays in the New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar, Mary McCarthy’s acclaimed memoir begins with her recollections of a happy childhood cut tragically short by the death of her parents during the influenza epidemic of 1918./divDIV Tempering memory with invention, McCarthy describes how, orphaned at six, she spent much of her childhood shuttled between two sets of grandparents and three religions—Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish. One of four children, she suffered abuse at the hands of her great-aunt and uncle until she moved to Seattle to be raised by her maternal grandparents. Early on, McCarthy lets the reader in on her secret: The chapter you just read may not be wholly reliable—facts have been distilled through the hazy lens of time and distance./divDIV In Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, McCarthy pays homage to the past and creates hope for the future. Reminiscent of Nabokov’s Speak, Memory, this is a funny, honest, and unsparing account blessed with the holy sacraments of forgiveness, love, and redemption./divDIV This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate./div/div
About
Blog
Help
Privacy Policy
DMCA Policy
Term of Use
Disclaimer
Contact
Aboutread.com makes it one-click away to discover great books from local library by linking books/movies to your library catalog search.
Copyright © 2025 Aboutread.com