Cherry / Mary Karr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karr, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karr, Mary--Childhood and youth.

Karr, Mary.

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 2000.

Summary:

From Mary Karr comes the gorgeously written, often hilarious story of her tumultuous teens and sexual coming-of-age.

Karr told the prizewinning tale of her hardscrabble Texas childhood in The Liar's Club, with enough literary verve to spark a renaissance in memoir. In this long-awaited sequel, Karr dashes down the trail of the teen years with customary sass, only to run up against the paralyzing self-doubt of a girl in bloom. She flees the thrills and terrors of her sexual awakening by butting up against authority in all its forms -- from the school principal to various Texas law officers. Looking for a lover or heart's companion who'll make her feel whole, she hooks up with an outrageous band of surfers and heads, wannabe yogis and bona fide geniuses. There's Meredith, who tempers Karr's penchant for rock and roll with literary wit. And Doonie is the wild-man beach aficionado who crawls into her life "on his hands and knees like a reptile."

In edgy, brilliant prose, Cherry takes readers to a place never explored with such candor -- inside a girl's tempestuous adolescence. Parts will leave you gasping with laughter. But its soaring close proves that from even the smokiest beginnings a solid self can form, one capable of facing down all manner of monsters.

Contents:

1 Elementary's End 15

2 Midway 67

3 Limbo 101

4 High 119.

ISBN:

0670893742