{"product_id":"9780060596996","title":"Lit : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Time \u003c\/em\u003e•\u003cem\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Slate\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e St. Louise Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e •\u003cem\u003e Cleveland Plain Dealer \u003c\/em\u003e•\u003cem\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e • NBCC Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Karr’s unforgettable sequel to her beloved and bestselling memoirs \u003cem\u003eThe Liars’ Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e “lassos you, hogties your emotions and won’t let you go” (Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\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\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” 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] radiant, rueful, rip-roaring book. . . .Warm enough to burn a hole in your heart.”\u003cbr\u003e“Scrappy, gut-wrenching. . . . Irresistible. . . . [Written] with trademark wit, precision, and unfailing courage.”\u003cbr\u003e“There isn’t a single false note in\u003cem\u003e Lit\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e“A redemptive, painfully funny story.”\u003cbr\u003e“Karr movingly depicts her halting journey into AA, making it clear her grit and spirit remain intact.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060596996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41099020763342,"sku":"9780060596996","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060596996_a120a0e7-538f-427b-a18d-64763c3414bf.jpg?v=1652129211","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060596996","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}