The Liars' Club: Picador Classic by Mary Karr (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Liars' Club by Mary Karr The international bestseller from a prize-winning poet and critic. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "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 cant 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. Notes Classic memoir and an international bestseller. Back Cover 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 cant 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 book that paints a harsh world redeemed by Karrs warmth, intelligent humour and finely spun prose; The Liars Club is both heart-stopping and heart-felt.Youll want to forget it and wont be able to Zadie SmithAstonishing . . . One of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years New York Times Flap 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 cant 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 book that paints a harsh world redeemed by Karrs warmth, intelligent humour and finely spun prose; The Liars Club is both heart-stopping and heart-felt. Youll want to forget it and wont be able to Zadie Smith Astonishing . . . One of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years New York Times Author Biography A poet and essayist, Mary Karr lives in New York State. Review Harrowing but funny . . . A father prone to brawls; a heavy-drinking mother who teetered on the verge of self-destruction; a grandmother who carried a hacksaw in her handbag. But through it all shines humour, warmth and genuine love. * Sunday Times *Her grandmother carried a hacksaw in her handbag, her mother hit the bottle, her home was once voted one of the ten ugliest towns on the planet and to cap it all, she was raped . . . What makes this such extraordinary reading is that, far from being a catalogue of horrors, The Liars Club is often very funny. * Guardian *The Liars Club is written by a master of poetically slangy prose, a language so alive it makes the telling of acutely painful experiences seem like childs play. You relax into a light adventure or innocent beauty, wholly unprepared for the sudden jolts of harrowing violence experienced by the tiny "Little Mary". You cry at her dark loneliness, you rejoice at her humour and defiance. When you finish the last chapter, you quite simply celebrate her survival. -- Elena Lappin * Independent *Astonishing . . . One of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years. * New York Times *Its difficult to believe that childhood rape, mental instability, arson and lingering death could produce a book in any way uplifting, but thats what Mary Karr achieves in this splendid memoir, characterised by gallows humour and unflinching fortitude . . . Exceptionally powerful. * Observer *Breathtakingly shrewd and loving * Independent *Utterly Gripping -- Margaret Forster * Sunday Times *You`ll want to forget it and wont be able to. -- Zadie Smith * Guardian * Promotional The international bestseller from a prize-winning poet and critic. Review Quote (previous edition) Harrowing but funny . . . A father prone to brawls; a heavy-drinking mother who teetered on the verge of self-destruction; a grandmother who carried a hacksaw in her handbag. But through it all shines humour, warmth and genuine love. Review Quote Harrowing but funny . . . A father prone to brawls; a heavy-drinking mother who teetered on the verge of self-destruction; a grandmother who carried a hacksaw in her handbag. But through it all shines humour, warmth and genuine love. Promotional "Headline" The international bestseller from a prize-winning poet and critic. Details ISBN1447289471 Author Mary Karr Pages 336 Publisher Pan Macmillan Series Picador Classic ISBN-10 1447289471 ISBN-13 9781447289470 Format Paperback Year 2015 Media Book Imprint Picador Subtitle Picador Classic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 811.54 Edition Main Market Ed. Audience Age 18 Language English Publication Date 2015-10-08 UK Release Date 2015-10-08 Audience General AU Release Date 2015-10-12 NZ Release Date 2015-10-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:95450399;

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