After reading The Liar's Club, Mary Karr, I thought it was a great novel. Karr was very skilled in writing her memories with such descriptions. When reading the first ten pages I had no idea what was going on, but Karr was keeping the reader wanting more of her novel.
It is very sad the way her parents turned out. By the end of the book, we find out that Mary's mother is explaining her life and how she had lied to her two children. They find out there are two other children. It seems as though Mary loved growing up, but her father hated seeing her grow up and leave him in Texas. I loved how Mary got to go travel around the U.S to get out of the problems at her home.
When Karr, is describing her memory of her fathers first fight in front of her, I got a different vibe about her father. The whole time Mary is always on her fathers side. She was always putting down her mother, but by this time when they are at the Legion he is a totally different person. Karr's fathers drinking problem was what changed him. Being in that small town, retired and drinking everyday took his well being. Some of the comments he says to Mary is just plain hurtful that no father should ever say to their children. Mary was worried about her father and his response,"what I got was way worse. Daddy shrugged. I don't give a shit." All along I thought the mother was the bad parent.
After reading about Mary Karr's life it lets me know that we might not always have the family we want, but they will love us and make us stronger no matter what. And that we will always go back to where we came from whether its good or bad.
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Amanda,
ReplyDeleteThe post for this day was supposed to be made up of your own memories.
The book isn't a novel. That always refers to fiction.