{"product_id":"lit-a-memoir-9780061885471","title":"Lit: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary Karr's bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e--and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year--\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. \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\" in its Top 10 Books of 2009 Citation. Michiko Kakutani calls it \"a book that lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go\" in her \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e review. 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\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e was named a Best Book of 2009 by the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e (Reviewer Favorite), \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (Top 10), \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e (Top 10), the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor, Slate\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times. \u003c\/em\u003e\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":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317911621906,"sku":"9780061885471","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79ea4d08-ad69-4c42-b3b7-a32a8b3f458e.jpg?v=1727542686","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lit-a-memoir-9780061885471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}