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The answer is that "The Member of the Wedding" stands third in the chronological order of Carson McCullers' novels. Written in 1946, it came after her debut, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (1940), and before "Reflections in a Golden Eye" (1941) and "Clock Without Hands" (1961), which was published posthumously. Each of McCullers' novels explores themes of loneliness, alienation, and the search for identity.