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When it was published in 1995, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, as well as bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lecia: Add a description of this character.
- Grandma Moore
- Hector
- Gordon
- Mr. Mcbride
- Dr. Boudreaux
- Leechfield
- Joey
- Pokey
- Dole
- Nan
- Pete
- Wilbur
- Pearse
- Shug
- Ben
- Charlie Marie
- Carla
- Rickey
- Mary Marlene
- Paolo
- Tom
- Iris
- Mack
- Bugsy
- Mickey
- Mrs. Dillard
- Annie
- Belinda
- Audrey
- Carol Sharp
Setting & Locations edit
- East Texas
- Gulf
- Lubbock
- New York
- Colorado
- Houston
- Louisiana
- Charlotte
- Mexico
- Orange Bridge
- Salem
- Denver
First Sentence edit
My sharpest memory is of a single instant surrounded by dark.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0670850535
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0670850535
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1995: Biography/Autobiography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 818.5403
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