{"product_id":"the-habit-of-being-letters-of-flannery-oconnor-9780374521042","title":"The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both modest and very sure of herself, intense, sharply penetrating, devout but never pietistic, downright, occasionally fierce, and honest in a way that restores honor to the word.--Sally Fitzgerald, from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10382354\"\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.01w x 1.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374521042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374521042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO011000\"\u003eLetters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-1964) was one of America's most gifted writers. She wrote two novels, \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Violent Bear It Away\u003c\/i\u003e, and two story collections, \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything That Rises Must Converge\u003c\/i\u003e. Her \u003ci\u003eComplete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, published posthumously in 1972, won the National Book Award that year, and in a 2009 online poll it was voted as the best book to have won the award in the contest's 60-year history. Her essays were published in \u003ci\u003eMystery and Manners\u003c\/i\u003e and her letters in \u003ci\u003eThe Habit of Being\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43833029132427,"sku":"9780374521042","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_fc588513-6958-4b9e-8dad-2bd29f736c78.jpg?v=1755629105","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-habit-of-being-letters-of-flannery-oconnor-9780374521042","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}