- Category: Books » Biography & Autobiography » Presidents & Heads of State
- Format: Hardcover Learn more about the Hardcover format using Tower WIKI.
- Publisher: Harper
- Number of Pages: 304
- ISBN: 0060596988
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113266950
- Release Date: November 3, 2009
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #93 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #9 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #3 in Presidents & Heads of State (See Top 100 Presidents & Heads of State Bestsellers)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Lit: A Memoir" by Mary Karr to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Lit: A Memoir"Browse more products related to "Mary Karr"Review"[A]n absolute gem that secures Karr's place as one of the best memoirists of her generation" (starred review) "[I]n terms of memoirs it's not exactly high-octane, which her first was. The drama is mild if put against...[some other] recovery narrative[s]....But thankfully the unusual and the extreme aren't essential ingredients for a good memoir. Karr could tell you what's on her grocery list, and its humor would make you bust a gut, its unexpected insights would make you think and her pitch-perfect command of our American vernacular might even take your breath away." "[A] radiant, rueful, rip-roaring book....Karr writes about her binge drinking and her long struggle to accept the methods of Alcoholics Anonymous with a rare vividness, humor, and candor." "In a gravelly, ground-glass-under-your-heel voice that can take you from laughter to awe in a few sentences, Karr has written the best book about being a woman in America I have read in years." "[D]azzling....LIT 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." Publisher's noteThe best-selling author of The Liar's Club reveals a new piece of her life during which, shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, she drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a surprising spiritual awakening led her to sobriety. 100,000 first printing.9780060722913\ \An expert on early Christianity reveals the historical Paul, not as the founder of a new Christian religion, but as a devout Jew who believed Jesus was the Christ who would unite Jews and Gentiles and fulfill God's universal plan for humanity. 25,000 first printing. The best-selling author of The Liar's Club reveals a new piece of her life during which, shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, she drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a surprising spiritual awakening led her to sobriety. 100,000 first printing. AnnotationMary Karr's brilliant debut, THE LIAR'S CLUB, provided a parade of imitators with the courage that they needed to transform the harrowing anguish of their troubled childhood into literature. With LIT, her third memoir, Karr surges ahead of the pack, displaying the sensibility she has acquired in maturation, even as she documents the process. Having assessed the damage of her childhood and adolescence in her first two books, Karr turns to her recovery, as she charts the healing process which gradually transformed her from a 17-year-old alcoholic masochist into a 50-year-old dutiful Catholic mother. The young Karr tosses in the turbulent wake of her traumatic upbringing, struggling to convince herself of the significance of education even as she drinks herself into an emotional collapse. She describes her religious conversion without resorting to sermons, and finally accepts that redemption may be held in the process of literary confession. If You Enjoy "Lit: A Memoir (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Lit: A Memoir (Hardcover)" by Mary Karr (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Presidents & Heads of State Bestsellers
Biography & Autobiography Bestselling Books
Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
