Title: got nothing out of this
Product review: First of all, I don't think Welty's stature as a writer is now or ever has been such that a memoir was called for, but fine. The thing is only about 110 pages.But reading this proved a total waste of time, at least for me. I just finished it, yet would be hard-pressed to name one interesting event or situation from the entire work. She does outline where she was living and when, and there are some characterizations of some relatives, but as for getting at the core of what made her want to write and how . . . this book has, believe it or not, little to say on that subject.Try Maugham's "The Summing Up." Now THAT book was everything this one should have been, and by a far more able writer.
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