The Liars' Club : a memoir
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Published
New York : Viking, 1995.
ISBN
0670850535, 9780670850532, 0140179836, 9780140179835
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | BIOG KARR, M. | On Shelf |
Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | BIO KARR | On Shelf |
Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography | Bio Karr, M. | On Shelf |
Green Hills Public Library District - Adult Biography | BIOGRAPHY KARR, M. | On Shelf |
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor | BIOGRAPHY KARR MARY | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Families -- Texas -- Port Arthur.
Karr, Mary -- Childhood and youth.
Karr, Mary -- Family.
Karr, Mary -- Homes and haunts -- Texas -- Port Arthur.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
Port Arthur (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Texas -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Families -- Texas -- Port Arthur.
Karr, Mary -- Childhood and youth.
Karr, Mary -- Family.
Karr, Mary -- Homes and haunts -- Texas -- Port Arthur.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
Port Arthur (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Texas -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Published
New York : Viking, 1995.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0670850535, 9780670850532, 0140179836, 9780140179835
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The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life.
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But there are other lies. Darker, more hidden. Her mother's unimaginable past threatens the family's very sanity. Mary Karr looks back through younger eyes to exorcise those demons: a mad, puritanical grandmother; a vast inheritance squandered in one year flat; endless emptied bottles; and the darknesses inflicted on an eight-year-old girl. This voice explodes with antic, wit, stripped of self-pity. Miraculously, it makes a journey into joy. Here is a "terrific family of liars redeemed by a slow unearthing of truth."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Karr, M. (1995). The Liars' Club: a memoir . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. 1995. The Liars' Club: A Memoir. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. The Liars' Club: A Memoir Viking, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Karr, Mary. The Liars' Club: A Memoir Viking, 1995.
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