{"product_id":"liars-9780593241257","title":"Liars","description":"\u003cb\u003eA searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all--from the author of \u003ci\u003eVery Cold People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e300 Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Painful and brilliant--I loved it.\"--Elif Batuman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Either\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593241257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Manguso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207365980341,"sku":"9780593241257","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b5009c10-dd86-46c1-974f-3244b5de41a2.jpg?v=1716909263","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/liars-9780593241257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}