Lit : a memoir
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New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
ISBN
9780060596996, 0060596996
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
Format
Book
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xii, 386 pages, 20 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780060596996, 0060596996

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Originally published in hardcover: New York : Harper, 2009.
General Note
Includes P.S. Insights, interviews & more: information about and interview with the author, other titles by the author, and the author's list of recommended nonfiction.
Description
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.
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10 best books, The New York Times Book Review.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Karr, M. (2010). Lit: a memoir (First Harper Perennial edition.). Harper Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. 2010. Lit: A Memoir. Harper Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. Lit: A Memoir Harper Perennial, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. Lit: A Memoir First Harper Perennial edition., Harper Perennial, 2010.

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