Lit a memoir
(Book on CD)
Author
Published
HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc., ℗2016.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 audio discs (13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Curry Public Library - Adult/General - Audio | AUDIOBK CD 921 KARR MARY 11 CDs | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Alcoholism -- United States -- Case studies.
Dysfunctional families -- Texas.
Karr, Mary -- Childhood and youth.
Karr, Mary -- Family.
Karr, Mary -- Mental health.
Mental illness -- United States -- Case studies.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Recovering alcoholics -- United States -- Biography.
Texas -- Biography
Dysfunctional families -- Texas.
Karr, Mary -- Childhood and youth.
Karr, Mary -- Family.
Karr, Mary -- Mental health.
Mental illness -- United States -- Case studies.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Recovering alcoholics -- United States -- Biography.
Texas -- Biography
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Published
HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc., ℗2016.
Format
Book on CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Notes
Participants/Performers
Read by Mary Karr.
Description
"Lit" follows Mary Karr's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness and her astonishing resurrection. Karr's longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, Shakespeare quoting 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" awakens her to the possibility of joy, and leads her to an unlikely faith. "Lit" is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. It is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up as only Mary Karr can tell it.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Karr, M. (2016). Lit: a memoir (Unabridged.). HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. 2016. Lit: A Memoir. HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. Lit: A Memoir HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. Lit: A Memoir Unabridged., HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc., 2016.
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