Mary McCarthy
2) The group
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary McCarthy’s most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as “the group.” An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to watch Kay Strong get married. After the ceremony, the women begin their adult lives—traveling to Europe, tackling the worlds of nursing and publishing, and finding love and heartbreak in the streets of New York City. Through...
Author
Publisher
Warbler Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Warbler Classics edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The perfect companion piece to Mary McCarthy's Venice Observed, this captivating book takes readers on a timeless journey to Florence, past and present Mary McCarthy's classic celebrates the Italian city often looked upon as the provincial sister to the better-dressed, more "feminine" Venice. To McCarthy, Florence, or Firenze, is a place of ageless enchantment, from the Duomo to the fortressed palaces. The Renaissance began here; art and architecture...
4) How I grew
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1987
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A personal chronicle of the author's formative years, from age 13 to 21, from high school through college.