Glenn H. reviewed on 10/2/2013 + 80 more book reviews

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Mary Karr takes us from her early childhood in her dirty South Texas hometown on the border of Louisiana where distillation of oil is the main industry in which her beloved daddy works to her adulthood. She allows us a view into her life with an alcoholic mother, domineering sister, and a daddy whom she worships. Her mama is constantly dragging the family down with her life dependency of alcohol, but her daddy is her bright spot in her life taking her duck hunting and to the American Legion to hear the big whoppers spieled by his buddies in the Liars Club. She has to deal with sexual abuse, alcoholics, broken promises, bullies at school, and other tribulations, but all these problems are entwined with humor making the book one worth reading.

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