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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