{"product_id":"lit-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Lit: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Karr's bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e--and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year--\u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e calls \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e a book that \"reminds us not only how compelling personal stories can be, but how, in the hands of a master, they can transmute into the highest art.\" \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e calls it \"a master class on the art of the memoir\" in its Top 10 Books of 2009 Citation. Michiko Kakutani calls it \"a book that lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go\" in her \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e review. And Susan Cheever states, simply, that \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the best book about being a woman in America I have read in years.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e was named a Best Book of 2009 by the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e (Reviewer Favorite), \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (Top 10), \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e (Top 10), the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor, Slate\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e brought to vivid, indelible life Mary Karr's hardscrabble Texas childhood. \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e, her account of her adolescence, continued to set the literary standard for making the personal universal (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). Now Lit follows the self-professed blackbelt sinner's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness--and to her astonishing resurrection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarr's longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, Shakespeare-quoting blueblood poet produces a son they adore. But she can't outrun her apocalyptic past. She drinks herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide. A hair-raising stint in The Mental Marriott, with an oddball tribe of gurus and saviors, awakens her to the possibility of joy and leads her to an unlikely faith. Not since Saint Augustine cried, Give me chastity, Lord--but not yet! has a conversion story rung with such dark hilarity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, it is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it. \u003c\/p\u003e--Beth Greenfield, \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e brought to vivid, indelible life Mary Karr's hardscrabble Texas childhood. \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e, her account of her adolescence, \"continued to set the literary standard for making the personal universal\" (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). Now Lit follows the self-professed blackbelt sinner's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness--and to her astonishing resurrection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarr's longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, Shakespeare-quoting blueblood poet produces a son they adore. But she can't outrun her apocalyptic past. She drinks herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide. A hair-raising stint in \"The Mental Marriott,\" with an oddball tribe of gurus and saviors, awakens her to the possibility of joy and leads her to an unlikely faith. Not since Saint Augustine cried, \"Give me chastity, Lord--but not yet!\" has a conversion story rung with such dark hilarity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, it is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 578\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.04 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915193643324,"sku":"9780061885471","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/SnJydC84NXlhbHVoVkVJVEJQSEYydz09.webp?v=1774360813","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/lit-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}