num_pages: 208
description: This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy’s recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918.
language: English
title: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
titlecomplete: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
genres: 20th Century, Essays, American, Religion, Biography, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1570
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Index Books Limited