{"product_id":"9781035060252","title":"The Liars' Club","description":"Author: Mary Karr\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035060252\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘You’ll want to forget it and won’t be able to’ – Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘The essential American story’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father comes into focus for me on a Liars\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nMary 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhen it was published in 1995, \u003ci\u003eThe Liars’\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e raised 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\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003es warmth, intelligent humour and finely spun prose. \u003ci\u003eThe Liars\u003c\/i\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e is both heart-stopping and heart-felt.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Extraordinary’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Exceptionally powerful’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Utterly gripping’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845859950750,"sku":"TLD-9781035060252","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035060252.jpg?v=1781223156","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035060252","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}