{"product_id":"the-liars-club-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Liars' Club: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eBrian Rea\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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--now with a foreword by Lena Dunham in celebration of its twentieth anniversary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es ear.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Karr \u003c\/b\u003ekick-started a memoir revolution with \u003ci\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller for over a year, a best book of the year for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e People\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\u003ethe memoirs \u003ci\u003eLit \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCherry, \u003c\/i\u003eand the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eSinners Welcome, Viper Rum, The Devil's Tour, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAbacus. \u003c\/i\u003eThe Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University, Karr lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLena Dunham \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword) is the creator of the critically acclaimed HBO series \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling essay collection \u003ci\u003eNot That Kind of Girl.\u003c\/i\u003e A frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eshe lives in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Rea\u003c\/b\u003e (cover illustrator) is the longtime illustrator for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Modern Love\" column and a former art director for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e op-ed page. His design clients include Kate Spade, Honda, Billabong, Herman Miller, and MTV. Rea lives in Los Angeles.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753840148768,"sku":"9780143107798","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e36ddb42fd560a3d39b2d8c20dc530e0.webp?v=1780028206","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-liars-club-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}