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020 _a9780060596989
050 0 0 _aPS3561.A6929
_bZ4683 2009
082 0 0 _a92 KAR
100 1 _aKarr, Mary
245 1 0 _aLit
_b: a memoir
_c/ Mary Karr
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York, NY
_b: Harper
_c, c2009.
300 _ax, 386 p.
_c; 24 cm.
520 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aKarr, Mary
650 4 _aPoets, American
_y-20th century
_v--Biography
650 0 _aRecovering alcoholics
_x--Biography
650 0 _aMental illness
_v--Case studies
650 0 _aAlcoholism
650 0 _aDysfunctional families
650 0 _aTexas
_v--Biography
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