01685cam a2200301 i 4500 1728374070 TxAuBib 20241119120000.0 230724s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023033510 9780593241257 hardback 0593241258 hardback (OCoLC)1393096527 TxAuBib rda Manguso, Sarah, 1974-, author. Liars : a novel / by Sarah Manguso. First edition. New York : Hogarth, 2024. 272 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 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 joy and labor 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. As Jane's career flourishes, their marriage starts to falter. Throughout five house moves, two failed businesses, and a steady draining of the family finances, Jane tries to hold it all together. That is until John leaves her"-- Provided by publisher. 20241119. Marriage Fiction. Dysfunctional families Fiction. Novels. lcgft