{"product_id":"9781035060252","title":"The Liars' Club","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Karr, Mary \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutobiography: literary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 10 July 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 24 | 244g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You’ll want to forget it and won’t be able to’ – Zadie Smith‘The essential American story’ – The Washington PostMy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Extraordinary’ – The Guardian‘Exceptionally powerful’ – The Observer‘Utterly gripping’ – The Sunday TimesPart of the Picador Collection, showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46995884507395,"sku":"9781035060252","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035060252.jpg?v=1752053628","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781035060252","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}