Lit (Reprint) (Paperback) by Mary Karr
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, "Lit" is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <p><strong>The </strong><em><strong>New York Times</strong></em><strong> bestseller, now available in paperback--</strong><strong>Mary Karr's sequel to the beloved and bestselling </strong><strong><em>The Liars' Club</em> and <em>Cherry</em> "lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go" (Michiko Kakutani, <em>New York Times</em>).</strong></p><p>Mary Karr's bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs <em>The Liars' Club</em> and <em>Cherry</em>--and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year--<em>Lit</em> is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. </p><p><em>The Boston Globe</em> calls <em>Lit</em> 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. <em>The New York Times Book Review</em> 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 <em>New York Times</em> review. And Susan Cheever states, simply, that <em>Lit</em> is "the best book about being a woman in America I have read in years. </p><p>In addition to the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Lit</em> was named a Best Book of 2009 by the <em>New Yorker</em> (Reviewer Favorite), <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> (Top 10), <em>Time</em> (Top 10), the <em>Washington Post</em>, the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>, the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, the <em>Christian Science Monitor, Slate</em>, the <em>St. Louis Post Dispatch</em>, the <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer</em>, and the <em>Seattle Times. </em></p> <p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br> <p><em>Lit</em> 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. </p> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> "Karr movingly depicts her halting journey into AA, making it clear her grit and spirit remain intact."--Michelle Green, <i>People</i>, 3 1/2 out of 4 stars </br></br>"[A] radiant, rueful, rip-roaring book. . . .Warm enough to burn a hole in your heart."--Ken Tucker, <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> </br></br>"[Karr's] poetic sensibility infuses every sentence of her story with an alliterative and symbolic energy, conjuring echoes of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, and occasionally, Sylvia Plath."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> </br></br>"[Karr] continues to delight with her signature dark humor and pitch-perfect metaphors delivering large doses of wit and painful insights. . . . There are plenty of memoirs about being drunk, but this one has Karr's voice-both sure-footed and breezy-behind it."--Beth Greenfield, <i>Time Out New York</i> </br></br>"A brutally honest, sparkling story."--<i>Glamour</i> </br></br>"A redemptive, painfully funny story."--Bob Minzesheimer, <i>USA Today</i> </br></br>"An absolute gem that secures Karr's place as one of the best memoirists of her generation. . . . [She] writes with a singular combination of poetic grace and Texan verve."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review </br></br>"As irresistible as it is unflinchingly honest. . . . With grace, saltiness and profanity galore, Karr undeniably re-establishes herself as one of our finest memoirists and storytellers."--Melanie Gideon, <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> </br></br>"Dazzling. . . . 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."--Rebecca Steinitz, <i>Boston Globe</i> </br></br>"Her tale is riveting, her style clear-eyed and frank. That Karr survived the emotional and physical journey she regales her readers with to become the evenhanded, self-disciplined writer she is today is arguably nothing short of a miracle, and readers of her previous two books won't be disappointed."--<i>Library Journal</i> </br></br>"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."--Susan Cheever, <i>New York Times Book Review</i> </br></br>"Irresistible. . . . [Written] with trademark wit, precision, and unfailing courage."--Pam Houston, <i>O Magazine</i> </br></br>"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.... [Karr] holds the position of grande dame memoirista."--Samantha Dunn, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> </br></br>"Karr's sharp and funny sensibility won me over to her previous two volumes, but what wins me over to Lit is the way her acute self-awareness conquers any hint that hers is the only version of this story.... Karr is as funny as ever."--Valery Sayers, <i>Washington Post</i> </br></br>"Lit matches its predecessors in candor and outstrips them in insight."--<i>Commonweal</i> </br></br>"Mary Karr has never lacked for material. But she's always delivered on the craft side, too, with her poet's gift for show-and-tell."--Elizabeth Foy Larsen, <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> </br></br>"Mary Karr restores memoir form's dignity with <i>Lit</i>."--<i>Vanity Fair</i> </br></br>"Mary Karr restores memoir form's dignity with Lit."--<i>Vanity Fair</i> </br></br>"Mary Karr sparked a memoir revival with <i>The Liars' Club</i>--now she's back with <i>Lit</i> to describe how she turned those early troubles into literary gold."--<i>Body + Soul</i> </br></br>"Riveting."--<i>Redbook Magazine</i> </br></br>"Scrappy, gut-wrenching. . . . Irresistible. . . . [Written] with trademark wit, precision, and unfailing courage."--Pam Houston, <i>O Magazine</i> </br></br>"Searing. . . . A book that lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go. . . . Chronicles with searching intelligence, humor and grace the author's slow, sometimes exhilarating, sometimes painful discovery of her vocation and her voice as a poet and writer."--Michiko Kakutani, <i>New York Times</i> </br></br>"There isn't a single false note in Lit."--Carmela Ciuraru, <i>Christian Science Monitor</i> </br></br>"With this third book Karr has managed to raise the bar higher still on the genre of memoir."--Steve Ross, <i>Huffington Post</i>
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