The Liars' Club

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author = Mary Karr
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Memoir
publisher = Viking Adult
release_date = 1995
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 320 pp
isbn = ISBN 0670850535
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The Liars' Club is the childhood memoir of American author Mary Karr. Published in 1995 and a New York Times bestseller for over a year it tells the story of Mary Karr's childhood in the 1960s in a small industrial town in Southeast Texas. The title refers to her father and his friends who would gather to drink and tell stories when not working at the oil refinery or the chemical plant.

Plot

The book tells the story of Karr's troubled childhood in a small Texan town in the early 1960s. Using a non-linear storyline she describes the troubles of growing up in a family and town where heavy alcohol abuse and psychological problems are common issues.

References

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D81031F934A15755C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Gritty Book Sets Prudence Aside] , The New York Times, June 27, 1995
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDA123DF935A15756C0A963958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss BOOKS OF THE TIMES; They're Liars, and That's Just the Least of Their Problems] , The New York Times, May 26, 1995
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9694708_ITM 'The Liars' Club'] , Clinical Psychiatry News, September 1, 2005
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9376777_ITM The Liars' Club: A Memoir.] , New Statesman & Society, October 20, 1995