{"product_id":"9780547346830","title":"The Mortgaged Heart: Selected Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Essential reading for any serious beginning writer . . . illuminating.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An absorbing look at the early beginnings of one of America’s finest writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Mortgaged Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is an important collection of Carson McCullers’s work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection also contains the working outline of “The Mute,” which became her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e. As new generations of readers continue to discover her work, Carson McCullers’s celebrated place in American letters survives more surely than ever. Edited by McCullers’s sister and with a new introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, The Mortgaged Heart will be an inspiration to writers young and old.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122877645040,"sku":"9780547346830","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547346830_p0.jpg?v=1769896192","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547346830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}