{"product_id":"lit-9780060596996","title":"Lit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Time \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Slate\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e St. Louise Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003cem\u003e Cleveland Plain Dealer \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e - NBCC Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Karr's unforgettable sequel to her beloved and bestselling memoirs \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e \"lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, it is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e calls \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e a book that \"reminds us not only how compelling personal stories can be, but how, in the hands of a master, they can transmute into the highest art.\" \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e calls it \"a master class on the art of the memoir\" and Susan Cheever states, simply, that \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the best book about being a woman in America I have read in years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarr, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMary Karr is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs: \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, also a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. She received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships for poetry and is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620007088402,"sku":"9780060596996","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5fa8e73-17b9-4cd4-86be-55d9ed423c0b.jpg?v=1750159786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lit-9780060596996","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}