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“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 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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Customers praise the memoir’s engaging style and brilliant prose, with one noting how the author writes without self-pity. The book receives positive feedback for its humor, remarkable characters, honesty, and remarkable insight. While some customers find it a wonderful story of a rough upbringing, others describe it as extremely depressing about a young girl’s life. The pacing receives mixed reactions, with some finding it fast while others say it slows down the reading experience.
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