{"product_id":"shadow-tag-a-novel-isbn-9780061946103","title":"Shadow Tag: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Erdrich is a true original… [and] one of our major writers.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e, the brilliant new novel by Louise Erdrich, is a stunning tour-de-force from the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e–bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLove Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e and Pulitzer-Prize-finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Plague of Doves\u003c\/em\u003e. In the vein of the novels of such contemporaries as Zoe Heller and Susan Minot, \u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense and heart-wrenching story of a troubled marriage and a family in disarray—and a radical departure from Erdrich’s previous acclaimed work. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Here is the most telling fact: you wish to possess me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is another fact: I loved you and let you think you could.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Irene America discovers that her husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and her marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden where Gil will find it—into a manipulative farce. Alternating between these two records, complemented by unflinching third-person narration, \u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e is an eerily gripping read. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the novel opens, Irene is resuming work on her doctoral thesis about George Catlin, the nineteenth-century painter whose Native American subjects often regarded his portraits with suspicious wonder. Gil, who gained notoriety as an artist through his emotionally revealing portraits of his wife—work that is adoring, sensual, and humiliating, even shocking—realizes that his fear of losing Irene may force him to create the defining work of his career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Irene and Gil fight to keep up appearances for their three children: fourteen-year-old genius Florian, who escapes his family's unraveling with joints and a stolen bottle of wine; Riel, their only daughter, an eleven-year-old feverishly planning to preserve her family, no matter what disaster strikes; and sweet kindergartener Stoney, who was born, his parents come to realize, at the beginning of the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her home increasingly becomes a place of violence and secrets, and she drifts into alcoholism, Irene moves to end her marriage. But her attachment to Gil is filled with shadowy need and delicious ironies. In brilliantly controlled prose, \u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and one family's struggle for survival and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Gripping…a hushed and haunting tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fearless portrait of a marriage in free fall.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A domestic drama that builds an almost thriller-like momentum. . . . A novel as dark and tragic as it is difficult to put down” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Written with great reserves of power and wisdom…Shadow Tag wouldn’t be able to break a reader’s heart so thoroughly if Erdrich hadn’t invested it with so much of her own.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A page-turner…a most compelling novel” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ A fierce novel…raw…alive…vividly present…it marks a breakthrough for the author.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Erdrich offers a portrait that’s convincing…Shadow Tag is wonderfully, painfully readable and revealing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Muscular and fearless…It is [Erdrich’s] superb telling of this story that makes it real, her stellar writing that brings powerful truth to invented worlds.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A searing, personal examination of one family that’s falling apart…SHADOW TAG is compelling, a bleak exploration of the ties of blood and marriage.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Clear, urgent, deep as a swift river…\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e accomplishes the literary miracle of making a reader ravenous to finish it, while stinging with regret at how soon it must end.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hard to put down. . . . It builds to a spectacular ending with a twist I didn’t see coming. . . . Erdrich has taken a tragedy and turned it into art.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The intensity of this exquisite, character-driven tale, its searing efficiency in encompassing the painful legacy of the Native American genocide, and its piercing insights into sex, family, and power are breathtaking. . . . A masterfully concentrated and gripping novel of image and conquest, autonomy and love, inheritance and loss.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterpiece…a captivating work of fiction…exquisite…tightly focused…arresting. . . . This profoundly tragic novel captures that lament in some of Erdrich’s most beautiful and urgent writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Charles, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A portrait of an ‘iconic’ marriage on its way to dissolution…Erdrich’s unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fast-paced novel of exceptional artistic, intellectual, and psychological merit…Nowhere have love’s complications been better illustrated than in the raw honesty of \u003cem\u003eShadow Tag\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant cautionary tale…Reading it is like watching a wildfire whose flames are so mesmerizingly beautiful that it’s almost easy to ignore the deadly mess left behind.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Into this deeply personal novel about marriage, family and individual identity, Erdrich weaves broader questions about cause and effect in history...A small masterpiece of compelling, painfully moving fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888649335013,"sku":"NP9780061946103","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061946103.jpg?v=1730229528","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/shadow-tag-a-novel-isbn-9780061946103","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}