Lit

Version: Unabridged
Author: Mary Karr
Narrator: Mary Karr
Genres: Biographies
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date: January 2010
Length: 12 hours, 32 minutes
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Formats :
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Overview

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.

Reviews (2)

Lit: A Memoir

Written by Anonymous on June 17th, 2011

  • Book Rating: 2/5

I rarely return a book without listening to it. Did not make it through the first disk.

Lit

Written by Bobbie from Sorrento, FL on March 3rd, 2011

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I had heard good things about this book. The content interested me. The author who is also the narrator, drove me crazy ! Very monotone voice, no inflection or emotion. I really couldn't finish it due to the author's poor telling of her own story. Maybe reading it would have been better then listening to it.