{"product_id":"9781529062779","title":"Liars","description":"Author: Sarah Manguso\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529062779\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'\u003cb\u003eAn unflinchingly true and honest depiction of a marriage turning from gold to dust' – Miranda Cowley Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A white-hot dissection of the power imbalances in a marriage, and as gripping as you want fiction to be. Any spouse that has ever argued about money, time, work and childcare should read it' – Nick Hornby, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA nuclear family can destroy a woman artist. I’d always known that. But I’d never suspected how easily I’d fall into one anyway.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhen Jane, an aspiring writer, meets filmmaker John Bridges, they both want the same things: to be in love, to live a successful, creative life, and to be happy. When they marry, Jane believes she has found everything she was looking for, including – a few years later – all the attendant joys and labors of motherhood. But it’s not long until Jane finds herself subsumed by John’s ambitions, whims, and ego; in short, she becomes a wife.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAs Jane’s career flourishes, their marriage starts to falter. Throughout the upheavals of family life, Jane tries to hold it all together. That is, until John leaves her.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso's \u003ci\u003eLiars\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Painful and brilliant – I loved it' – Elif Batuman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798802059422,"sku":"TLD-9781529062779","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529062779.jpg?v=1778119482","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529062779","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}