{"product_id":"my-autobiography-of-carson-mccullers-jenn-shapland-9781951142292","title":"My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you tell the real story of someone misremembered--an icon and idol--alongside your own? Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America's most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShapland is a graduate student when she first uncovers letters written to Carson McCullers by a woman named Annemarie. Though Shapland recognizes herself in the letters, which are intimate and unabashed in their feelings, she does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her. Her curiosity gives way to fixation, not just with this newly discovered side of McCullers's life, but with how we tell queer love stories. Why, Shapland asks, are the stories of women paved over by others' narratives? What happens when constant revision is required of queer women trying to navigate and self-actualize in straight spaces? And what might the tracing of McCullers's life--her history, her secrets, her legacy--reveal to Shapland about herself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn smart, illuminating prose, Shapland interweaves her own story with McCullers's to create a vital new portrait of one of our nation's greatest literary treasures, and shows us how the writers we love and the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenn Shapland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951142292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951142292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book","brand":"Jenn Shapland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153882624255,"sku":"9781951142292","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8dbfbca-711e-4564-a669-8cc66e467902.jpg?v=1770786472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-autobiography-of-carson-mccullers-jenn-shapland-9781951142292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}