Anatomy of Me

by Fannie Hurst

Vivid self - portrait of a colorful warmhearted writer whose lifelong "hobby" has been people.

Genres: Memoir

367 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1958

About the author

Fannie Hurst was born in Ohio, grew up in St. Louis and spent her adult life in New York City. She is the author of 17 novels and more than 250 short stories, as well as plays, screenplays, memoirs, essays and articles. Her best-remembered works are those turned into films, including: Imitation of Life, Back Street, Humoresque, The Younger Generation, and Young at Heart. She was active in a variety of progressive Jewish, social justice, labor, peace and women’s organizations. A lifelong philanthropist, Hurst willed her considerable estate to her alma mater Washington University and to Brandeis University.

Reviews

[Lori Gosselin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This autobiography of a twentieth century writer impressed and inspired me. Not only was she a beautiful writer (she had me at the first couple of sentences) but she was more persistent. Her persistence paid off as she enjoyed fame and fortune on a scale few writers enjoy today.
Reading this book was a glimpse into the past and my earliest days of photocopying and snail-mailing a short story or a manuscript :-)
Lori