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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 386 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780060596989
0060596988
9780060596996
SUBJECTS
Karr, Mary -- Mental health.
Karr, Mary -- Childhood and youth.
Karr, Mary -- Family.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Recovering alcoholics -- Biography.
Mental illness -- Case studies.
Alcoholism -- Case studies.
Problem families -- Texas.
Texas -- Biography.