{"product_id":"flannery-a-life-of-flannery-oconnor","title":"Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe landscape of American literature was fundamentally changed when Flannery O'Connor stepped onto the scene with her first published book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in 1952. Her fierce, sometimes comic novels and stories reflected the darkly funny, vibrant, and theologically sophisticated woman who wrote them. Brad Gooch brings to life O'Connor's significant friendships--with Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Walker Percy, and James Dickey among others--and her deeply felt convictions, as expressed in her communications with Thomas Merton, Elizabeth Bishop, and Betty Hester. Hester was famously known as \"A\" in O'Connor's collected letters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Habit of Being\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a large cache of correspondence to her from O'Connor was made available to scholars, including Brad Gooch, in 2006. O'Connor's capacity to live fully--despite the chronic disease that eventually confined her to her mother's farm in Georgia--is illuminated in this engaging and authoritative biography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":" The Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67602276843837,"sku":"9780316018999","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/3235\/2829\/files\/flannery_alife.jpg?v=1790699167","url":"https:\/\/bookshelfthomasville.com\/products\/flannery-a-life-of-flannery-oconnor","provider":" The Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}