{"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\u003eFINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE - SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION - A 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 \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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eVery Cold People\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award. Manguso is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hodder Fellowship, and the Rome Prize. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260287811858,"sku":"9780593241271","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49534116-404b-4e56-9ae0-186f4506c728.jpg?v=1746641079","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/liars-9780593241271","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}