It wasn't til I decided to read it last week that I noticed it's signed by the author.
This is one of those books that I've had for a long time, so long in fact, I've forgotten where it came from. So only three-stars because drugs are WAY LESS interesting than sex. While the quest to lose one's virginity interests me, drugs do not, and unfortunately, the second half of the book is all about getting high. Then it becomes a commodity and you along with it - with no more value added than frozen OJ or pork belly. She knows that pussy is a high-ticket item right up until and during the night you relinquish it. Mother! you say with all the virginal outrage you can marshal given the amount of time you spend reading Henry Miller in the bathroom.īut when Karr was a teen, virginity was a prize to be bestowed upon the worthy. You look back at Mother after a long silence, and she says, with no segue whatsoever, If you want to have sex, so be it. (Hey, if you're NOT curious at this age, there's something wrong with you.) There's plenty of book and poetry talk to devour. Just thinking how bad they'll feel reading this note makes you cry, but you keep on writing, letting big tears splash the page so they'll know how bad you felt.Īround age fifteen, Karr connects with another girl who shares her love of reading. You spend a whole night writing an elaborate suicide note, in which you list every minor gripe and oversight. Oh, ho ho - have I ever been there and done that. Her description of angling for a slumber party invite is heartbreaking to read, as is her unrequited love/lust for a neighbor boy. Growing up in the shadow of a "more perfect" older sister, she struggled to fit in with her peers and seems to have had a lonely life as an early teen. This book is an inside look at Karr's teenage years. Confession time - I've always wanted to do that! I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it, though the only part I really remember is a very young Mary Karr, while on a bus trip with her sister, smacking the man in front of her on the head with a naked Barbie doll. It's been more than twenty years since I read Karr's first memoir, The Liars' Club.
When I grow up, I will probably be a mess."įrom the eleven-year-old Mary Karr's diary "I am not very successful as a little girl. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it, though the only part I really remember is a very young Mary Karr, while on a bus trip with her sister, smacking the man in front of her on the head wit Good men want a virgin When I grow up, I will probably be a mess." from the eleven-year-old Mary Karr's diary It's been more than twenty years since I read Karr's first memoir, The Liars' Club. Good men want a virgin So don't you give yourself too soon 'Cept in an emergency Like underneath the moon.* "I am not very successful as a little girl. Cherry is one of the best memoirs I've read in years.more "Laugh out loud" is a phrase that's grossly overused these days, but it applies here. It is a risky and wildly ambitious move, and she fucking nails it. This is precisely what Karr is attempting to do with her use of the second person pronoun. It's one thing to attempt to write about your life, it's another thing to attempt to write about your life in a way that speaks to every girl who has ever been in high school. Alternating between the second and first person, Cherry evokes a more universally nostalgic exploration of high school girl-hood, one that is richer and braver than the particularities of Karr's life in The Liar's Club. But by page 25 of this book I was already convinced that Cherry is actually the more complex and ambitious of the two books. Alternating between the second and first person, Cherry evokes a more universally nostalgic exploration of high school girl-hood, one that is richer and braver than the I approached Cherry under the impression that it was the lesser of Karr's memoirs - word of mouth and general internet criticism had led me to believe that it didn't have the power of The Liar's Club. I approached Cherry under the impression that it was the lesser of Karr's memoirs - word of mouth and general internet criticism had led me to believe that it didn't have the power of The Liar's Club.
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