First published 2013
Mary McCarthy's Collected Memoirs is an unflinching account of a life lived on the edge of convention. From her privileged upbringing in 1920s New York to her scandalous escapades as a public intellectual, McCarthy's story is one of fierce independence and uncompromising honesty. As she navigates the pitfalls of love, academia, and the social mores of her time, her wry, penetrating voice cuts through the noise, laying bare the complexities of the human experience.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century, academia
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 1920s
681 pages · ebook · Open Road Media