{"product_id":"liars-9780593241271","title":"Liars","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"eviscerating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) 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\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, Town \u0026amp; Country, Lit Hub, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Is divorce the new marriage plot? . . . [\u003ci\u003eLiars\u003c\/i\u003e] pulses with a rare kind of anger, making it a compulsive, unforgettable read. Love stories, it seems, are out. Divorce as liberation? Very much in.\"--\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tour de force . . . \u003ci\u003eLiars\u003c\/i\u003e makes an old story fresh.\"\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A bracing story of a woman on the verge.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593241271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.53d","brand":"Sarah Manguso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187168436405,"sku":"9780593241271","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_db902393-1a7f-44f7-86bf-ddaec2a56805.jpg?v=1742271327","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/liars-9780593241271","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}