No matter your opinion of Flannery O’Connor’s collected work, discovering the author’s life will bring you to new understanding through this collection of O’Connor’s letters, edited by Sally Fitzgerald.
O’Connor, a devout Catholic in rural protestant Georgia, remained unmarried, became seriously ill, and died at an early age. Writing was her life. Having the privilege of knowing O’Conner’s mind–her thoughts, her fears, her doubts–will forever change your reading of her works and may even mystify you as to the loyalty of her readers and the sustainability of her stories. A reader’s gem.
A writer’s resource. And every reader’s fountain of empathy for a life lived.