RaveThe Los Angeles TimesThis is such a captivating book, at once hilarious and heartfelt, that you don’t have to believe every word to love it. You need only prop your cowboy boots on the porch rail, open a cold long-neck and listen to the voice of a born storyteller ... The way some people are born with perfect pitch, Karr, a prize-winning poet and essayist, is blessed with a sense of humor that allows her to see whatever happens to her, good, bad or terrible, as just one more example of chaos theory at work.