The Liars’ Club, A Memoir, Signed by Mary Karr, Viking, 1995, Brand New

The Liars’ Club, A Memoir, Signed by Mary Karr, Viking, 1995, Brand New Condition: Brand New. HC/DC. Signed on title page by Mary Karr. Book has a gold sticker on the top inside Dustcover flap stating the store Square Books, in Oxford, Mississippi, where this book was signed. Book has a clear Mylar archival cover. A trenchant memoir of a troubled American childhood from the child's point of view describes growing up in a an East Texas refinery town, life in the midst of a turbulent family of drunks and liars, a schoolyard rape, and other dark secrets. 25,000 first printing. Review In this funny, razor-edged memoir, Mary Karr, a prize-winning poet and critic, looks back at her upbringing in a swampy East Texas refinery town with a volatile, defiantly loving family. She recalls her painter mother, seven times married, whose outlaw spirit could tip into psychosis; a fist-swinging father who spun tales with his cronies–dubbed the Liars' Club; and a neighborhood rape when she was eight. An inheritance was squandered, endless bottles emptied, and guns leveled at the deserving and undeserving. With a raw authenticity stripped of self-pity and a poet's eye for the lyrical detail, Karr shows us a “terrific family of liars and drunks … redeemed by a slow unearthing of truth.” We are ship all items in bubble wrap inside a corrugated box. You are buying the book as photographed in this listing; as is. We ship to eBay-verified addresses only. Please use the eBay message system for all communications. You will pay postage, which is estimated in this listing, unless the item is marked, “Free Shipping”. The shipping estimate was generated by the eBay shipping calculator plus special handling to insure the safety of your item.