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Old 09-12-2010, 08:20 PM
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"Lit"

by Mary Karr....is an excellent book. I've got about a quarter of it left and I'm sad to be done with it!

It's about a woman who is a wife and mother to a young child. Her steps to sobriety mirror many of ours.

She tells her story with a sense of humor.

Worth a look.
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:27 PM
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Funny timing on your post, Coffeenut! I'm reading this right now too . . . Maybe we can catch up once we finish.
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:36 PM
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I got this book in January and have read bits and pieces. Plan to read it in the coming months. Active drinking books are hard for me right now as it's so early (day 7).

Have you read any of her other memoirs? The first, about her childhood, was "Liars Club" which I read. There's a second one that I can't think the name of and didn't read. I read Liars Club a few months ago. It really sets up "Lit."

Years ago, I read Augusten Burroughs "Dry" which was excellent, as well as another one that someone mentioned in another thread. My memory is terrible anymore - yet another causualty of alcoholism.
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Old 09-13-2010, 03:50 AM
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Mary Karr is one of my favorite authors. I read "Lit" last Spring and thought it was incredible. She has a way of tackling really tough material in a digestible way. Must be the poet in her.
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Thanks for the recommendation! I'm in the market for a new good read!!
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Great band too;-)
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Old 09-13-2010, 05:17 AM
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Just ordered it from Amazon... thanks for the suggestion... I love to read!
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Old 09-13-2010, 05:40 AM
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I haven't read "The Liars Club" but I intend to. Her other book is called Cherry.

Augusten Borroughs is a HOOT! Anything by him just sends me over the edge. Awesome guy. Great sense of humor.
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Old 12-29-2010, 10:15 AM
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Cannot put this book down right now. For all the alkie moms out there, "Lit" is definitely something to read.
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