false 6340016 6 6526004 1 11 2009 Lit: A Memoir total:50|5:19|4:22|3:5|2:3|1:1| 50 205 588 35 4 1 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:03:12 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:11:34 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:54:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 12:00:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 13:20:25 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:40:59 -0800 2009
Karr writes of her first poet/mentor, Etheridge Knight: "He was lumbering and black, with a scraggly mustache and a soul patch under his chin. His jaw was lumpy and uneven, with patches of white skin edged in pink -- ragged and tear-shaped, as if acid flung in...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 21:34:17 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 20:02:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sat Oct 31 22:26:03 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:16:12 -0800 2009 I love the double entendre that is this book's title, Lit. This third memoir from Karr (the first: Liars Club, the second: Cherry) picks up with Mary finally escaping Texas--but not the family alcoholism. With her characteristic unflinchingly honest prose that's nevertheless penned...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 12:01:07 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:27:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 03:25:52 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 23:25:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:07:31 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:16:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 23 08:18:09 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:20:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 05:01:16 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 12:12:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 06:10:46 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:36:03 -0800 2009
This is not my first drinking memoir. This isn't even my first drunk's story. I hear those pretty much on a daily basis ... tearstained remorse and repentance from men and women who tell me the same story next week or next month, along with different men and women who ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 07:52:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:53:42 -0800 2009 Lit is also about Karr’s alcoholism, her conversion to Catholicism, and her trip to the “mental Marriott”—her kicky euphemism for the psych ward. The book is written in the singularly gritty yet funny voice that is the hallmark of all Karr’s autobiographical...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 15 09:59:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:59:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:28:24 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:09:07 -0800 2009
Karr's book isn't all bad, she actually has a funny style that isn't too heavy handed but it still left me pleading 'spare me' through the whole thing. I have little empathy and no pati...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:13:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 09:38:49 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 30 13:49:21 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 01:55:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:09:41 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 15:50:51 -0700 2009
I plan to review it for one magazine or another soon.]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:05:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:09:50 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 06:00:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 06:01:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 10:44:21 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:38:56 -0800 2009
Mother with her child and constant struggle with alcoholism, not a great combination. Her life full of challenges on every corner. Finally finding peace with the religion that helps her gets on her feet. Mary is a v...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6340016