How I Grew

Résumé du livre

"How I Grew explores the young adulthood of Mary
"McCarthy, one of the most outspoken and prominent
"intellectuals of the twentieth century. Focusing on eight formative
"years of her life--from high school in the Seattle area
"through college at Vassar--McCarthy reveals a girl by turns
"vulnerable, independent, dramatic, lonely, inquisitive,
"romantic, demonstrably bright, and uncommonly daring.
"In candid, often intimate detail, How I Grew recounts
"McCarthy's early attempts at writing; her relationships with
"teachers, family, and friends; a melodramatic flirtation with
"suicide; and experiences as dissimilar as her first job and her
"first seduction.
"A natural companion to the much-praised Memories of a
"Catholic Girlhood, this is a remarkable personal chronicle, an
"utterly convincing self-portrait, and a superb addition to the
"art of the autobiography.