num_pages: 370
description: Retraces the life of Carson McCullers from life in a small town to her early literary success, mysterious disease, alcoholism, and her ill-fated marriage.
language: English
title: Carson McCullers: A Life
titlecomplete: Carson McCullers: A Life
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 90
publisher: Houghton Mifflin