该团体是开创性的畅销书，也是1964年国家图书奖的入围者，塑造了一代女性。该团体的作者在这本亲密而富有启发性的回忆录中，勾起了她少女时代的回忆
《我是如何成长的》是玛丽·麦卡锡（Mary McCarthy）关于她从13岁到21岁的强烈个人自传。
麦卡锡六岁时成为孤儿，由她的外祖父母在华盛顿州西雅图抚养长大。虽然她的正式生日是1912年，但用麦卡锡自己的话说，直到她13岁时，她才“出生为一个心智”麦卡锡以一种几乎令人震惊的记忆回忆为驱动力，为我们提供了对这些形成年代的精辟描述。从她疯狂的青春期，包括14岁失去童贞，到最终逃到瓦萨，这位畅销小说家、散文家和评论家记录了她与家人、朋友、恋人以及影响她写作生涯的老师的关系。
这幅充满麦卡锡敏锐洞察力和犀利机智的自画像，是一位即将成年的年轻女性的真实无畏的自画像，是麦卡锡对天主教少女时代记忆的完美伴侣。
How I Grew
The author of The Group, the groundbreaking bestseller and 1964 National Book Award finalist that shaped a generation of women, brings reminiscences of her girlhood to this intimate and illuminating memoir
How I Grew is Mary McCarthy’s intensely personal autobiography of her life from age thirteen to twenty-one.
Orphaned at six, McCarthy was raised by her maternal grandparents in Seattle, Washington. Although her official birthdate is in 1912, it wasn’t until she turned thirteen that, in McCarthy’s own words, she was “born as a mind.” With detail driven by an almost astonishing memory recall, McCarthy gives us a masterful account of these formative years. From her wild adolescence—including losing her virginity at fourteen—through her eventual escape to Vassar, the bestselling novelist, essayist, and critic chronicles her relationships with family, friends, lovers, and the teachers who would influence her writing career.
Filled with McCarthy’s penetrating insights and trenchant wit, this is an unblinkingly honest and fearless self-portrait of a young woman coming of age—and the perfect companion to McCarthy’s Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.
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