Mary McCarthy

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born

June 21, 1912

died

October 25, 1989

gender

female

place of birth

Seattle, Washington, United States

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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books by Mary McCarthy

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avg rating: 3.58 | 590 ratings | 47 distinct works

	Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.71 — 80 ratings — published 2000 9 editions	my rating:
	The Company She Keeps (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.72 — 54 ratings — published 2003 2 editions	my rating:
	Birds of America (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.19 — 26 ratings — published 1992 2 editions	my rating:
	The Groves of Academe (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.11 — 18 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating:
	Charmed Life (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.54 — 13 ratings — published 1992 2 editions	my rating:
	Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy 1949-1975 (Paperback) by Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.60 — 10 ratings — published 1996 4 editions	my rating:
	Cast A Cold Eye (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.33 — 9 ratings — published 1992	my rating:
	A Closer Look (Hardcover) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 2.90 — 10 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Venice Observed (Art and Places) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published 1963 2 editions	my rating:
	Cannibals And Missionaries (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1991 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Mary McCarthy

"Life is a system of recurrent pairs, the poison and the antidote being eternally packaged together by some considerate heavenly druggist."
— Mary McCarthy

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"You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk."
— Mary McCarthy (How I Grew)

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