"1895. Alice and John MacDonald, both running from pasts that were too traumatic to face, meet by chance and stay together in a fragile world that's rife with lies and secrets. The only thing they have in common is the love for a seven-year-old child, Beatrice, whom they have raised since she was a
Liars : A Novel
โ Scribed by Sarah Manguso
- Book ID
- 115255484
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780593241264
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โฆ Synopsis
An "eviscerating" (The New York Times) novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all--from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments
"Painful and brilliant--I loved it."--Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or
"A bracing story of a woman on the verge."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A 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.
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When 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...
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