Karr, Mary <br/><br/>
Lit  : a memoir 
/ Mary Karr 
 - 1st ed 
 - New York, NY  : Harper  , c2009. 
 - x, 386 p.  ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060596989 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009024810 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Karr, Mary
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poets, American---20th century----Biography<br/>Recovering alcoholics----Biography<br/>Mental illness----Case studies<br/>Alcoholism<br/>Dysfunctional families<br/>Texas----Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3561.A6929  / Z4683 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 KAR