A review by booksaremyfavorite
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by Jenn Shapland

5.0

My mom gave me The Heart is a Lonely Hunter for Christmas one year in my 20s, maybe when I was in college, I have no idea why. I've been mildly obsessed with Carson Mccullers ever since. I taught Ballad of the Sad Cafe in my ESL College Reading class. I had a ratty old edition of The Member of the Wedding on my shelf for years, salvaged from Alachua County's amazing Friends of the Library book sale. It was lovely to read about her by someone who admires her as much as I do, especially with such a refreshing take on a biography. I loved the way Shapland interplayed doubt and certainty, and Carson's life and her own. It was masterful.

Favorite book I've read recently.