The Habit of Being: Letters Study Guide

Sally Fitzgerald provides an introduction. She knows the author personally. At the same time as providing a brief summary of her life, Fitzgerald also describes the delight and mystery that some of the letters contained in the book were written when Flannery was a young girl and had written them within the secrecy of her diaries. The writings in the book contain knowledge and awareness of her development as a writer, as a woman, and as a thinker. Part I: Up North and Getting Home, 1948 - 1952. Great appreciation is expressed during the Editorial Note to a number of people who have made this book possible and available to people. Many of these first epistles are quite brief. (read more)