Synopsis
Lit follows Mary Karr's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness-and her astonishing resurrection.
Karr's longing for a solid family seems secure when her marriage to a handsome, Shakespeare-quoting poet produces a son they adore. But she can't outrun her apocalyptic past. She drinks herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide. A hair-raising stint in "The Mental Marriott" awakens her to the possibility of joy, and leads her to an unlikely faith. Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. It is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up-as only Mary Karr can tell it.
Chapters
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Chapter 0
Duration: 21min -
Chapter 1 Part 1
Duration: 30min -
Chapter 2 Part 1
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 3 Part 1
Duration: 25min -
Chapter 4 Part 1
Duration: 28min -
Chapter 5 Part 1
Duration: 14min -
Chapter 6 Part 2
Duration: 33min -
Chapter 7 Part 2
Duration: 26min -
Chapter 8 Part 2
Duration: 07min -
Chapter 9 Part 2
Duration: 14min -
Chapter 10 Part 2
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 11 Part 2
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 12 Part 2
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 13 Part 2
Duration: 05min -
Chapter 14 Part 2
Duration: 16min -
Chapter 15 Part 2
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 16 Part 2
Duration: 17min -
Chapter 17 Part 2
Duration: 07min -
Chapter 18 Part 3
Duration: 15min -
Chapter 19 Part 3
Duration: 10min