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AUTHOR :Mary McCarthy

“Memories of a Catholic Girlhood” is a memoir by Mary McCarthy, first published in 1957. The book is a collection of autobiographical essays that recount McCarthy’s childhood and early adolescence, focusing on her experiences growing up in a strict Catholic environment. McCarthy’s parents died in the 1918 flu pandemic, and she and her siblings were sent to live with relatives in Minneapolis, where they were raised by their maternal grandparents and later by a great-aunt and uncle.