The long awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling âThe Liarsâ Clubâ and âCherryâ â a memoir about a self-professed âblackbelt sinnerâsâ descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.
âIf youâd told me, even a year before I start taking my son to church regular that Iâd wind up whispering my sins in the confessional or on my knees saying the rosary, I wouldâve laughed myself cockeyed. More likely pastime? Pole dancer. International spy. Drug mule. Assassin.â
Mary Karrâs prizewinning âThe Liarsâ Clubâ chronicled her hardscrabble Texas childhood and sparked a renaissance in memoir, cresting the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year. âCherryâ, her ecstatically reviewed account of a psychedelic adolescence and a moving sexual coming-of-age, followed it into bestsellerdom. Now âLitâ answers the question asked by thousands of fans: How did Karr make it out of that toxic upbringing to tell her own tale?
Karrâs longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, blueblood poet who can quote Shakespeare by the yard produces a blond son they adore. But Karr canât outrun her apocalyptic upbringing. She drinks herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide. A hair-raising stint in âThe Mental Marriottâ with an oddball tribe of gurus and saviors awakens her to the possibility of joy again, and leads her to an unlikely faith. Not since St. Augustine cried, âGive me chastity, Lord â but not yet!â has a conversion story rung with such dark hilarity.
âLitâ is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. This hotly anticipated sequel brings Karrâs story full circle; it will endure in the hearts of readers alongside her influential and beloved earlier books. Simply put, it is a triumph.