{"product_id":"the-liars-club-a-memoir-9780143035749","title":"The Liars' Club: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#4 on \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' list of The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, hilarious tale of a hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es ear.\" --Oprah.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr's comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger's--a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the sheriff at age twelve, and an oft-married mother whose accumulated secrets threaten to destroy them all. This unsentimental and profoundly moving account of an apocalyptic childhood is as \"funny, lively, and un-put-downable\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) today as it ever was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16153733\"\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.08w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143035749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143035746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Karr kick-started a memoir revolution with \u003ci\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller for over a year, a best book of the year for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the winner of prizes from PEN and the Texas Institute of Letters. Karr has won the Whiting Award, Radcliffe's Bunting Fellowship, and Pushcart Prizes for both verse and essays, and she has been a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. Her other bestselling books include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoirs \u003ci\u003eLit \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCherry\u003c\/i\u003e, and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eSinners Welcome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eViper Rum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Tour\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbacus\u003c\/i\u003e. The Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University, Karr lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832867881099,"sku":"9780143035749","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_86ff7512-5ec9-4b37-95e1-dfe4cdb9c2c4.jpg?v=1755625106","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-liars-club-a-memoir-9780143035749","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}