Lairs' Club is Mary Karr's memoir. It talks about the many obstacles she and her older sister, Lecia Karr had to overcome. When reading the book, the reader becomes attached to the characters. Although at times it can be emotional to read, one wants to find out what happened next. Mary, at the age of 7, and Lecia, at the age of 9, constantly saw their mother, Charlie Marie, drunk. Mary would try to occupy the phone so her mother would not call anyone and Lecia would count the mother's drinks. Charlie Marie's drinking problem began once her mother, Grandma Moore, passed away from battling cancer. During this time the girl's father, J. P. Karr, left the house because he and Grandma Moore did not get along. Moreover, over there was an segregation in the Karr household. Mary was more attached to her father, and Lecia had a close relationship with her mother. To make matters worse, no one ever took care of Mary and Lecia. They had to grow up on their own. Mary was the wild child and Lecia was the smart but tough sister. Because no one watched closely over the Karr sisters, Mary got sexually abused twice. Mary knew she should not mention anything about what happened to her because the neighborhood would say things and her father would have killed the boy. As if things were not hard enough for these girls, Charlie Marie had a nervous breakdown and almost killed the girls. Mary and Lecia not only had to see their mother in such a terrifying manner, but they also visited her at a mental institution. Furthermore, Carlie Marie and J. P. got a divorce and the girls stayed to live with their mother and her new husband, Hector, in Colorado. It brought about many more complications to the Karr sisters life's. Overall, Mary and Lecia saw and experienced many inapproriate situations that girls at their young age should not be in.
