The Member Of The Wedding

The Member of the Wedding (1962) by Carson McCullers – Sold by Crappy Old Books

Twelve-year-old Frankie is stuck in that grim and wobbly space between childhood and whatever comes next. It’s summer in the American South, it’s hot, and she’s decided—rather dramatically—that she simply must run away with her brother and his bride after their wedding. Because if you’re not a member of something, what are you even doing?

In The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers delivers one of literature’s most poignant coming-of-age tales—full of longing, loneliness, and front-porch philosophising. With a cast that includes the wise and weary housekeeper Berenice and the heartbreakingly observant cousin John Henry, McCullers draws a delicate but unflinching portrait of adolescence in all its confused, stubborn glory.

This 1962 Penguin edition is a modest little paperback with some sun-faded charm, a cracked spine, and a few scuffs that say, someone once read this more than once and probably cried a little.

Condition: Slightly dog-eared, like your heart will be after reading it.

Crappy Old Books: Emotionally devastating paperbacks, lovingly battered.

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