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The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr
Karr's memoir of an East Texas childhood with a volatile mother and a storytelling father. The book that launched the modern memoir boom, funny and ferocious.
Read it if…
you want a memoir of surviving a chaotic family with language intact.
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Skip it if…
you want a gentle read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Tell the truth, even about family.
- Humor survives chaos.
- Story is survival.
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Read the opening chapter.
Our verdict
Karr's childhood.
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