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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor,

Sally Fitzgerald (Editor)

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Dec 12, 2008 Gail rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2008, memoirs, constant-reader

O'Connor impresses the reader with her apparently calm acceptance of a diagnosis of Lupus, a disease which killed her father at a young age and which is a sure death sentence for her. Her disability is treated as a slightly humorous inconvenience, when in reality it must have been heartbreaking.

On the other hand, O'Connor is clearly somewhat narrow-minded and prejudiced. This also comes through clearly.

And yet...she's got a nice sense of humor that leavens somewhat her heavy, heavy emphasis on ...more

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Nov 05, 2008 Al rated it liked it

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I didn't finish the whole book and I don't think I ever will, although I did enjoy what i have read. I am going to make an effort to read more of her stories. ...more

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Apr 29, 2008 Wilhelmina Jenkins marked it as probably-won-t-finish

I have loved O'Connor's short stories since high school, but the casual racism and sexism in her letters was intolerable for me. I gave up reading this book before it could spoil my appreciation of her stories.
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