{"product_id":"shadow-tag-paperback","title":"Shadow Tag - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise Erdrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the most telling fact: you wish to possess me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is another fact: I loved you and let you think you could. \u003c\/p\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--\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here is the most telling fact: you wish to possess me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is another fact: I loved you and let you think you could.\" \u003c\/p\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.96 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shadow Tag\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42094673002631,"sku":"9780061946103","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d98980b8737eda9181948facb9b41ed4.webp?v=1732323655","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/shadow-tag-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}