The Life You Save May Be Your Own

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"The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
Author	Flannery O'Connor
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Southern Gothic
Published in	A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Media type	Print
Publication date	May 12 1955

"The Life You Save May Be Your Own" is a short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the ten stories included her short story collection A Good Man is Hard to Find, published in 1955.

v • d • e Works by Flannery O'Connor Novels: Wise Blood • The Violent Bear It Away Short stories: "A Good Man is Hard to Find" • "The Peeler" • "The River" • "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" • "A Stroke of Good Fortune" • "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" • "The Artificial Nigger" • "A Circle in the Fire" • "A Late Encounter with the Enemy" • "Good Country People" • "The Displaced Person" • "Everything That Rises Must Converge" • "Greenleaf" • "A View of the Woods" • "The Enduring Chill" • "The Comforts of Home" • "The Lame Shall Enter First" • "Revelation" • "Parker's Back" • "Judgement Day" • "The Geranium" • "The Barber" • "Wildcat" • "The Crop" • "The Turkey" • "The Train" • "An Afternoon in the Woods" • "The Partridge Festival" Short story collections: A Good Man is Hard to Find • Everything That Rises Must Converge • The Complete Stories Nonfiction collections: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose • The Habit of Being: Letters • The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews