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Lit by Mary Karr · Booklabria

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First published: 2009

Synopsis

The author reveals how, shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, she drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a spiritual awakening led her to sobriety.

Subjects: Biography
Family
Case studies
Mental health
Childhood and youth
Mental illness
Set in: United States
Texas
Time: 20th Century
Characters: Mary Karr

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Edition details

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Publisher: Harper
Published: 2009
Edition: 1st ed.
Pages: 386
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0060596989
ISBN-10: 0060596988

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