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Lit : a memoir / Mary Karr.

Karr, Mary. (Author).

Summary:

The 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780060596989 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0060596988 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780061939006
  • ISBN: 0061939005
  • Physical Description: x, 386 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, [2009]

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Subject: Karr, Mary > Mental health.
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Karr, Mary > Childhood and youth.
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Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harney County Public Libraries. (Show)
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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Harney County Library 921 KARR, Mary (Text) 37720000205567 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Baker County Library 811.54092 .K18l (Text) 37814002310051 NON-FICTION Available -
Pendleton Public Library 921 K148 (Text) 37801000264224 Adult Non-Fiction Checked out 05/08/2025
Sherman County Public/School Library B 818.54 KAR (Text) 33892004329364 BIOGRAPHY Available -
Stanfield Public Library 811.5 KAR (Text) 37875000043184 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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