Memories of a Catholic Girlhood Spring26 As they say: You'd better

As they say: You'd better watch out

Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings

boosting self-esteem and reinforcing good behaviour

But fed up with sitting in her armchair all day

With a Ukrainian wife and a community that was being torn apart

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood Spring26 As they say: You'd betterBlending memories and family myths, Mary McCarthy takes us back to the 1920s, when she was orphaned into a world of relations as colourful, potent and mysterious as the Catholic religion. There was her Catholic grandmother who combined piousness with pugnacity, and her veiled Jewish grandmother who mourned the disastrous effects of a face lift; there was wicked Uncle Myers who beat her for the good of her soul, and Aunt Margaret who laced her orange