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"The Liar's Club is Mary Karr's memoir of growing up in a very odd family in Texas. Lots of cussin, yellin, drinkin, pukin, and readin."
Karolina Augustynowicz, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- trouble in grade school
- committing crimes
- rebelling against parent's expectations
- first sexual experience
- general coming of age story
- alienated from society
Gender/Class story?
- story of lower class
Family, hate
Yes
The difficult family member
- is spoiled
- is mentally ill
Family, love
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Small town?
Yes
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- Dry-cynical
- sarcastic/sardonic
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more dialog than descript
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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