The Member of the Wedding

The novel that became an award-winning play and a major motion picture and that has charmed generations of readers, Carson McCullers's classic The Member of the Wedding is now available in small- format trade paperback for the first time. Here is the story of the inimitable twelve-year-old Frankie, who is utterly, hopelessly bored with life until she hears about her older brother's wedding. Bolstered by lively conversations with her house servant, Berenice, and her six-year-old male 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 the member of something larger, more accepting than herself. "A marvelous study of the agony of adolescence" (Detroit Free Press), The Member of the Wedding showcases Carson McCullers at her most sensitive, astute, and lasting best.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 08/13/2004
ISBN: 9780618492398
Pages: 163
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.72h x 4.90w x 0.43d

Review Citations: Newsweek 12/03/2007 pg. 20
People Weekly 08/25/2008 pg. 45
Newsweek 03/23/2009 pg. 14
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 23

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 539 / Member of the Wedding
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9