{"product_id":"the-tell-a-novel-isbn-9780062184023","title":"The Tell: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn elegant and haunting novel of love and family,\u003cem\u003e The Tell\u003c\/em\u003e demands that we reconsider our notions of marriage—duty, compromise, betrayal, and the choice to stand by or leave the ones we love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Mira and Owen, a young, childless couple living in Providence, marital and financial troubles are simmering just below the surface—until Wilton Deere, a wealthy, over-the-hill actor, moves in next door. With no friends to speak of and an estranged daughter to win back, the desperate Wilton inserts himself into the younger couple’s lives. As stresses at work and home take their toll, Mira disappears secretly to casinos and slot machines, accompanied by Wilton. In time, her escapism turns to full-on addiction, threatening a marital bond that is fraying by the day. Adrift and alone, Owen finds himself with nowhere to turn but to the beautiful and mysterious Anya, Wilton’s daughter, who is testing her ability to trust her father after years apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Owen and Mira’s marriage reaches what can only be the breaking point, Wilton suddenly disappears. The two must come together to find him and confront the new reality of their relationship —complete with sobering lessons learned but perhaps, if they can weather a storm of their own making, none the weaker for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about risks: of marriage, of dependence, of responsibility, of living in the past. Told with equal parts suspense, sympathy, and psychological complexity, it shows us the intimate and shifting ways we reveal ourselves before we act, and what we assume yet don’t know about the people we love.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAn elegant and haunting novel of love and family, \u003cem\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/em\u003e demands that we reconsider our notions of marriage—duty, compromise, betrayal, and the choice to stand by or leave the ones we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMira and Owen's marriage is less stable than they know when Wilton Deere, an aging, no longer famous TV star moves in to the grand house next door. With plenty of money and plenty of time to kill, Wilton is charming but ruthless as he inserts himself into the couple's life in a quest for distraction, friendship—and most urgently—a connection with Anya, the daughter he abandoned years earlier. Facing stresses at home and work, Mira begins to accompany Wilton to a casino and is drawn to the slot machines. Escapism soon turns to full-on addiction and a growing tangle of lies and shame that threatens her fraying marriage and home. Betrayed and confused, Owen turns to the mysterious Anya, who is testing her own ability to trust her father after many years apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/em\u003e is a finely-wrought novel about risk: of dependence, of responsibility, of addiction, of trust, of violence. Told with equal parts suspense, sympathy, and psychological complexity, it shows us the intimate and shifting ways in which we reveal ourselves before we act, and what we assume but don’t know about those closest to us.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A wise and clever novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is a kind of anagramatic homage to \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, updated for our own American time. The competing forces of true love and false idols are played out beautifully in the course of a roiling relationship with a larger-than-life neighbor. Kaplan is a sentence-maker of the highest order, and this is a wonderful book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonya Nelson, author of Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is an homage to \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e: The competing forces of true love and false idols are played out beautifully in the course of a roiling relationship with a larger-than-life neighbor. This is a wonderful book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonya Nelson, author of Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gorgeous and haunting, Kaplan’s riveting new novel about what we fight to hide, or ache to reveal about ourselves, grabs you by the throat and builds to a crescendo that’s pure Greek tragedy. It’s hard not to use the word genius.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing novel, at once richly observed and tautly plotted. Wilton Deere is one of the most riveting and unsettling characters I’ve encountered in a long time. I read this hungrily, and with great pleasure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of Ms. Hempel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hester Kaplan is a master of her craft, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e she uses her prodigious talent to put a marriage under her microscope. Every sentence of this book is breathtaking.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnn Hood, author of The Knitting Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hester Kaplan brings such fresh language and uncanny insight to whatever her keen eye lands upon -- from pond water to slot machines, from a middle school classroom to a marriage -- it’s as if she creates it anew. Everything, everyone, every inflection in \u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is charged with precision, feeling, and consequence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeah Hager Cohen, author of The Grief of Others\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kaplan’s characters are impeccably crafted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hester Kaplan brings such fresh language and uncanny insight to whatever her keen eye lands upon, it’s as if she creates it anew. Everything, everyone, every inflection in \u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is charged with precision, feeling, and consequence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeah Hager Cohen, author of The Grief of Others\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with fascinating subplots and well-drawn supporting roles. . . . An exceptionally good read for. . . Kaplan’s skill at creating suspense for each of her main characters; her insightful look at the subtle balance between privacy and sharing in marriage; and her thoughtful examination of unresolved emotions around past tragedies. That she provokes us to ponder the latter two in our own lives is a true mark of the author’s success.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with fascinating subplots and well-drawn supporting roles. . . . An exceptionally good read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kaplan writes with remarkable acuity about the psychological challenges faced by each of her vulnerable characters, drawing the reader into their struggles to deal with their past mistakes and their attempts to forge a more stable future. Highly recommended for readers who enjoy the psychologically complex work of Annie Proulx, or Stewart O’Nan.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kaplan writes with remarkable acuity about the psychological challenges faced by each of her vulnerable characters. . . . Highly recommended for readers who enjoy the psychologically complex work of Annie Proulx, or Stewart O’Nan.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wonderfully written, perceptive, and engaging novel. . . . Kaplan has created a story inhabited with impeccable and image-sharpened tremors, so acutely attuned to insights, epiphanies, betrayals and threats that I couldn’t put it down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888098472165,"sku":"NP9780062184023","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062184023.jpg?v=1730228149","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-tell-a-novel-isbn-9780062184023","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}