A review by pceboll
The Habit of Being by Sally Fitzgerald, Flannery O'Connor

funny reflective

3.5

3.5 stars...this one took me a bit to get through but I honestly really enjoyed it. It's fascinating how much you can learn about a person from their letters alone..O'Connor was quite the personality. Witty and to-the-point, she wrote with so much love and generosity to those she conversed the most with despite simultaneously being a bit of a solitary grouch; however this makes her even more endearing-you can tell how much the people in her life cared for her. A true artist devoted to her craft, this collection brings insight into how O'Connor wrote and how she became a figure in the literary cannon. I think it is a more enjoyable read if you are well-versed in her body of work. I started to get chills as I neared the end of the book, and felt a certain grief on the last page. There's a bit too much religious rambling and obviously her ideas on race are problematic and outdated, but it is accurate to who she was. Satisfying read.