TY - BOOK AU - Karr,Mary TI - Lit: a memoir SN - 9780060596996 AV - PS3561.A6929 Z4683 2009 U1 - 811/.54B 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Harper KW - Karr, Mary KW - Poets, American KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - Recovering alcoholics KW - United States KW - Mental illness KW - Case studies KW - Alcoholism KW - Problem families KW - Texas N2 - The author reveals how, shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, she drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a spiritual awakening led her to sobriety ER -