tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post975535693181180567..comments2024-03-28T16:20:18.628-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Mary Karr, Hometown HeroSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-5086437700480251302009-10-11T20:32:43.466-05:002009-10-11T20:32:43.466-05:00Kevin, I believe you are right. When I posted abo...Kevin, I believe you are right. When I posted about the new book and Mary I had not yet come to the point where prayer was working for her and she was converting to Catholicism, etc. What a great title for her book!Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-85589850352293332832009-10-11T20:31:35.416-05:002009-10-11T20:31:35.416-05:00I just finished it, Ms. Bybee, and was pleased wit...I just finished it, Ms. Bybee, and was pleased with it. It's all very frankly written and covers the period through which Mary was having major success (and finally making enough money to support herself and her son. She covers it all. Her mother was a trip.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60183037423064215812009-10-08T14:45:41.522-05:002009-10-08T14:45:41.522-05:00Great post. Mark Karr rules. I think, however tha...Great post. Mark Karr rules. I think, however that there is a third connotation to the title, Lit. The latter half of the book chronicles Mary's astonishing conversion as she is led out of darkness and despair through faith. The juxtaposition of those two meanings in the title, in that one can refer to being "lit" as either being drunk/high(as you mentioned), or blessed/redeemed,Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06726021406284971280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-70502026565266123512009-10-08T03:42:33.678-05:002009-10-08T03:42:33.678-05:00I'm excited that she has a new memoir out.I'm excited that she has a new memoir out.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.com