tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post4533236839543241355..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Open correspondence ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-8062708764763566812007-04-27T11:34:00.000-04:002007-04-27T11:34:00.000-04:00Well, well. Very interesting. Betty Hester is, I b...Well, well. Very interesting. Betty Hester is, I believe, the correspondent known as "A," who appears in the Sally & Robert Fitzgerald edited collection of letters, "The Habit of Being."<BR/><BR/>A. went off the rails eventually; I believe she was manic-depressive. Sally Fitzgerald told me years ago that A. lived in a house full of cats and corresponded with a few authors whom she adored (I subsequently met another of these authors, who told me she eventually had to end the relationship because it got too weird).<BR/><BR/>I'll be interested to see the letters, but some really revelatory ones are already available at Georgia College. They give a sobering view of the Civil Rights Movement as it looked to O'Connor in the early '60s. Thank God her stories transcended the smaller-mindedness of her personal beliefs, or I'd find it hard to revere her as I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com