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050 0 0 _aPS3561.A6929
_bZ4683 2009
100 1 _aKarr, Mary.
245 1 0 _aLit :
_ba memoir /
_cMary Karr.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarper,
_cc2009.
300 _ax, 386 p. ;
_c24 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
_xMental health.
650 0 _aPoets, American
_y20th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aRecovering alcoholics
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMental illness
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aAlcoholism
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
600 1 0 _aKarr, Mary
_xChildhood and youth.
600 1 0 _aKarr, Mary
_xFamily.
650 0 _aDysfunctional families
_zTexas.
650 0 _aTexas
_vBiography.
655 0 _aProofs (Printing)
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