{"product_id":"the-liars-club-by-mary-karr","title":"The Liars' Club By Mary Karr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10\/07\/2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenres: Memoir - Nonfiction - Biography - Biography - Memoir - Book Club - Autobiography - Coming Of Age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘You’ll want to forget it and won’t be able to’ – Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The essential American story’–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father comes into focus for me on a Liars\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003ci\u003eClub afternoon. He sits at a wobbly card table weighed down by a bottle. Even now the scene seems so real to me that I can\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003ci\u003et but write it in the present tense.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Karr grew up in a swampy East Texas refinery town in a volatile and defiantly loving family. In this funny, devastating, haunting memoir and with a raw and often painful honesty, she looks back at life with a painter mother, seven times married, whose outlaw spirit could tip over into psychosis, and a hard-drinking, fist-swinging father who liked nothing better than to spin tales with his cronies at the Liars’ Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it was published in 1995,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liars’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eraised the art of memoir to a new level and brought about a dramatic revival of the form. It is a classic that paints a harsh world redeemed by Karr\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003es warmth, intelligent humour and finely spun prose.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liars\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis both heart-stopping and heart-felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Extraordinary’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Exceptionally powerful’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Utterly gripping’–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781035060252\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e352\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e131\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e22\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e242 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53279904039225,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/81D9zmEJjZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778422299","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-liars-club-by-mary-karr","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}