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The essential American story ... a beauty. -Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World Astonishing ... one of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book is so good I thought about sending it out for a backup opinion...it's like finding Beethoven in Hoboken. To have a poet's precision of language and a poet's insight into people applied to one of the roughest, toughest, ugliest places in America is an astonishing event. -Molly Ivins, The Nation 9mm humor, gothic wit, and a stunning clarity of memory within a poet's vision.... Karr's unerring scrutiny of her childhood delivers a story confoundingly real. -The Boston Sunday Globe Overflows with sparkling wit and humor.... Truth beats powerfully at the heart of this dazzling memoir. -San Francisco Chronicle
