How I Grew

by Mary McCarthy

Book Overview

The author of The Group, 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151421935
• ISBN13: 9780151421930
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

My grandmother was Czerna Wilson, grandfather Carl Wilson

My grandmother is the "fabled Czerna Wilson" in this book. I could offer some facts that are unknown to the author of this book, if someone is interested.

Portrait of an Amazing Woman as a Young Girl

Each time I reread "How I Grew" I enjoy it more. Mary McCarthy paints a picture of herself coming of age intellectually , alongside engaging and often hilarious descriptions of the people she meets in these formative years between age 13 and 21, the town she grows up in (Seattle), and her early experiences at Vassar. What I love most is her chronicle of the most important and influential books and teachers in her life at this time, and how they shaped and sharpened her already apparent keen intelligence. Witty, self-deprecating, acid-tongued, insightful, and admittedly selective in her memories, in this book Mary McCarthy gives us some clues as to how a young girl with a formidable intellect grew into one of America's literary giants.