{"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\u003e\"I 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\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625738080530,"sku":"9780374521042","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db2d9cd8-ae4e-49cb-8d95-aa7ec030695d.jpg?v=1732638597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-habit-of-being-letters-of-flannery-oconnor-9780374521042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}