The Member of the Wedding - Carson Mccullers

A marvelous study of the agony of adolescence (Detroit Free Press), The Member of the Wedding--which became an award-winning play and a major motion picture--showcases McCullers at her most sensitive, astute, and best. nFrom the master of Southern Gothic, Carson McCullers's coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl's fascination with her brother's wedding. n nTwelve-year-old Frankie is utterly, hopelessly bored with life until she hears about her older brother's wedding.

Bolstered by lively conversations with her family maid, Berenice, and her six-year-old cousin--not to mention her own unbridled imagination--Frankie takes on an overly active role in the wedding, hoping even to go, uninvited, on the honeymoon, so deep is her desire to be a member of something larger, more accepting than herself.