“Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet’s ear.” –Oprah.com The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of Mary Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation.The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, bringing about a dramatic revival of the … new level, bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger’s—a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the sheriff at age twelve, and an oft-married mother whose accumulated secrets threaten to destroy them all. This unsentimental and profoundly moving account of an apocalyptic childhood is as “funny, lively, and un-put-downable” (USA Today) today as it ever was.
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The fact that this was a true story made me admire these girls for surviving such a turbulent childhood. Very reminiscent of The Glass Castle.
This is a classic American memoir, the story of a young Texas girl born into a family that’s just marinated in alcohol. It’s the tale of finding yourself with no help and building a shell around it until you’re old enough to carry it away undamaged. And it’s brilliantly written.
beautifully written, crazy, unbelievable memoir
This is the best memoir I have ever read!
So much life in one short span, this book looks at a life totally different from the one I led growing up in Texas, and it is very entertaining. It stretches the mind of one who observes and give more information about a world I never lived in.
What a story! Had to order the next book right away!!