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Mary Karr · 2009
A memoir by Mary Karr chronicling her struggles with alcoholism, family trauma, and her path to sobriety, framed as an open letter to her son reflecting on how his presence became instrumental in her recovery.
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What this book knows
Alcoholism, motherhood, and Catholic prayer converge to show how surrender becomes the only path to a self worth keeping.
faith-and-doubt
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace… The first time I said it, I bridled against the phrase 'O Divine Master'… which I thought were horseshit.
LMK-RC-189You said, It's not that linear. You're gonna go on to help somebody else. Well, I got a chance to help my assistant out of a pinch.
LMM-RC-249trauma-and-survival
I wake one night on the back stair landing, choking on bile that's erupted from my throat while passed out.
LMK-RC-131Every now and then I'd blubber about being lonesome for home or scared to fail, and I mostly left breathing deeper.
LMK-RC-028shame
Checking into the hospital, I surrendered to a sobbing I'd always held back, thinking if I started it would never, ever, ever stop.
LMM-RC-219The idea that Walt was deranged enough to envision me in the position to buy somebody lunch was maybe a bigger vote of confidence than the adoption offer.
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