![]() ![]() I am only giving this book 4 stars because of the lengthy epigraphs at the start of each chapter. It's not a nice, crisp and correct "designer" narration - but it's emotionally riveting and very well matched to the material. ![]() Mary Karr as a narrator sounds rather harsh at the start - but after a few chapters one gets accustomed to the "lived in" voice. Well worth the effort to stay the course, however. Things are more rhythmic and measured as the book progresses, but the beginning chapters are not at all linear. This is not a sparse, lean style - it's more complex and indirect and you have to pay attention. Her writing is smart and not always direct, and her language is surgically precise. The author successfully navigates the parallel paths of intellectual elitism, drugs, sobriety, family, relationships, sex, religion, financial dysfunction and everything in between. As a memoir, this ranks up there with the best. ![]()
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