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In these pages, M.F.K. Fishers letters are made public for the first time. Selected and compiled by her younger sister, her longtime secretary, and a close family friend, these personal pieces reveal some of Fishers most private moments over six decades, giving ample display to her sharp wit and affectionate humor, her ongoing reflections on loss and the power to change. Years before she embraced writing as a profession, M.F.K. Fisher wrote letters. From early childhood to the end of her long life, Fisher corresponded with friends and family, in the process developing and refining the distinct style and voice that can be found in each of her twenty-six books.In these pages, Fishers letters are made public for the first time. Selected and compiled by her younger sister, her longtime secretary, and a close family friend, these highly personal pieces reveal some of Fishers most private moments, giving ample display to her sharp wit and affectionate humor, her ongoing reflections on loss and the power to change.Letters to her intimates--particularly her sister Norah Kennedy Barr and her lifelong friend Lawrence Clark Powell--illuminate the sensibilities and lifestyle of a woman who lived ahead of her time, a woman who juggled the demands of career and family long before the age of the liberated women.Six decades of correspondence sketch the story of a young adult who shouldered enormous domestic responsibilities as mother, wife, and daughter--a woman who managed to find success as a writer despite a paucity of money, time, and occasionally, spirit. These letters give voice to the self-doubt that lingered behind her strong public persona and tell of her long struggle to find a place in the world--not only as a writer but as a person. M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters features an introduction by Anne Lamott, and includes thirty-two pages of photographs from Fishers family collection. Standing alongside her nonfiction, fiction translation, and journals, this collection represents an important addition to the oeuvre of one of Americas great literary talents.
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