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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 320 pages and is available in paperback format. The liars club is a memoir by american author mary karr. Mary karrs first memoir, the liars club, kickstarted a memoir revolution and won nonfiction prizes from pen and the texas institute of letters. It won the penmartha albrand award for nonfiction and was a new york times bestseller. 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. A powerfully funny, razorsedge tale of a fractured childhood, mary karrs biography looks back through a childs eyes to sort through. When it was published in 1995, mary karrs the liars club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, as well as brought about a dramatic revival of the form.
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