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Liars A Novel

Sarah Manguso

An “eviscerating” ( 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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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was described as a novel about marriage, motherhood, and art, narrated by a wife named Jane, who feels her life has become archetypal and a 'drag show of nuclear familyhood' after marrying.

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I tried to explain that ferocious hunger and couldn't. It came from somewhere beyond reasoned.

— Episode: The Karol Markowicz Show: The Good Ole B...

Episode: The Karol Markowicz Show: The Good Ole Blogging Da...

It was described as a novel about marriage, motherhood, and art, narrated by a wife named Jane, who feels her life has become archetypal and a 'drag show of nuclear familyhood' after marrying.

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I tried to explain that ferocious hunger and couldn't. It came from somewhere beyond reasoned.

Then I married a man as women do. My life became archetypical, a drag show of nuclear familyhood. I got enmeshed in a story that had already been told 10 billion times. I felt perversely reassured that I was merely adding another story to the 10 billion. It made it seem like it was less my fault.

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