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The Liars' Club

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Liars' Club

Contributors:

By (Author) Mary Karr

ISBN:

9781035060252

Publisher:

Pan Macmillan

Imprint:

Picador

Publication Date:

14th October 2025

UK Publication Date:

10th July 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Memoirs

Dewey:

811.54

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 131mm, Height 197mm, Spine 22mm

Weight:

242g

Description

'You'll want to forget it and won't be able to' - Zadie Smith 'The essential American story' - The Washington Post My father comes into focus for me on a Liars' Club 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't but write it in the present tense. Mary 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. When it was published in 1995, The Liars' Club 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's warmth, intelligent humour and finely spun prose. The Liars' Club is both heart-stopping and heart-felt. 'Extraordinary' - The Guardian 'Exceptionally powerful' - The Observer 'Utterly gripping' - The Sunday Times Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Reviews

You'll want to forget it and won't be able to. * Zadie Smith *
The essential American story * The Washington Post *
Harrowing but funny . . . Through it all shines humour, warmth and genuine love. * The Sunday Times *
Extraordinary * The Guardian *
Astonishing . . . One of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years. * The New York Times *
Exceptionally powerful * The Observer *
Breathtakingly shrewd and loving * The Independent *
Utterly Gripping -- Margaret Forster, The Sunday Times

Author Bio

A poet and essayist, Mary Karr lives in New York State.

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