I finally found a moment to drive to the local bookstore and get my copy of "Lit" by Mary Karr. I guess I could have ordered it on Amazon, but I'm still that kid staring at my shimmering beaded doorway crying to Cat Stevens over a lost love. The concept of ordering on-line is still foreign to me, but I am learning to blog! I still love the smell of bookstores. My eyes get big as I scan the shelves. Smelling the card stock and scented candles now placed neatly between new books brings me a feeling of peace.
When I picked up my copy of Oprah's pick for November, "Lit" I held the hardback tightly and felt the joy of touching new binding. Bold. Built to handle being thrown about my car. My Kitchen. My gym bag. Ah yes, new book binding brings me old fashioned fun. Reading the interior flaps which describe the book in detail entices me to go further.
As I started the book I smiled. The loud silence of reading fills my soul. She's a fabulous writer who gets right down to it in this memoir. ( Her third) On page 9 her writing hit me hard. She writes about the Mom she became when her son was only an infant. "Then I started drinking every day and stopped breastfeeding, and tonight, while holding the bottle to his working mouth, I averted my eyes for fear he'd see the gutshot animal I'm morphing into, which mirrors the mother I fled to keep from becoming, the one who shoved me off-Don't hug me, you're making me hot -her tagline."
As we approach Thanksgiving I can't help but think about family--what I appreciate and the tough parts too. This Memoir has already inspired me in my writing as I am working on mine. And I'm only on page 10. Reading great writing is like sitting and listening to a master. Inspiring.
Let me know your thoughts as you get inspired
a writer inspired today, Leslie
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"The loud silence of reading fills my soul."
ReplyDeleteOh my god, Leslie. What poetry! Bravo.