The Life She Wished to Live - A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling (Paperback)

Washington, DC, born and Wisconsin educated, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an unlikely author of a coming-of-age novel about a poor central Florida child and his pet fawn-much less one that has become synonymous with Florida literature writ large. Rawlings was a tough, ambitious, and independent woman who refused the conventions of her early-twentieth-century upbringing. Determined to forge a literary career beyond those limitations, she found her voice in the remote, hardscrabble life of Cross Creek, Florida. There, Rawlings purchased a commercial orange grove and discovered a fascinating world out of which to write-and a dialect of the poor, swampland community that the literary world had yet to hear. She employed her sensitive eye, sharp ear for dialogue, and philosophical spirit to bring to life this unknown corner of America in vivid, tender detail, a feat that earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. Her accomplishments came at a price: a failed first marriage, financial instability, a contentious libel suit, alcoholism, and physical and emotional upheaval. With intimate access to Rawlings's correspondence and revealing early writings, Ann McCutchan uncovers a larger-than-life woman who writes passionately and with verve, whose emotions change on a dime, and who drinks to excess, smokes, swears, and even occasionally joins in on an alligator hunt. The Life She Wished to Live paints a lively portrait of Rawlings, her contemporaries-including her legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, and friends Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald-and the Florida landscape and people that inspired her.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Ann McCutchan
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-1-324-02200-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Biography > Literary Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	1-324-02200-0
Barcode:	9781324022008

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