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050 00 $aPS3561.A6929$bZ468 1995
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100 1 $aKarr, Mary.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85249942
245 14 $aThe liar's club :$ba memoir /$cMary Karr.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c1995.
300 $a320 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aThe 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.
520 8 $aAnd to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life.
520 8 $aBut 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.
520 8 $aHere is a "terrific family of liars redeemed by a slow unearthing of truth."
600 10 $aKarr, Mary$xHomes and haunts$zTexas$zPort Arthur.
650 0 $aWomen poets, American$y20th century$xFamily relationships.
651 0 $aPort Arthur (Tex.)$xSocial life and customs.
600 10 $aKarr, Mary$xChildhood and youth.
650 0 $aFamilies$zTexas$zPort Arthur.
600 10 $aKarr, Mary$xFamily.
852 00 $bglx$hPS3561.A6929$iZ468 1995