One Writer's Beginnings

"Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi...In a 'continuous thread of revelation' she sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her writing."-the publisher

Among the most beloved of American writers, Eudora Welty's stories and novels have entertained us for over half a century. Here, in her memoirs, she writes with her usual candor and grace about how a writer's sensibilities are shaped. As compelling as her stories, as witty as her personality, as finely honed as her fiction, Welty's account of her life is a powerful and fulfilling read.