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Irene america is a graduate student, wife, mother, andperhaps most definingthe primary model for her artist husband, gil. 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. From erdrich, a page turner with deceit at heart louise erdrichs new novel, shadow tag, is the story of a woman who writes two diaries one that. Louise erdrich born karen louise erdrich, june 7, 1954 is an american author, writer of novels, poetry, and childrens books featuring native american characters and settings. Shadow tag, the brilliant new novel by louise erdrich, is a stunning tourdeforce from the national book critics circle awardwinning and new york timesbestselling author of love medicine and pulitzerprizefinalist the plague of doves. Download and enjoy your favorite louise erdrich audiobooks instantly today to your mobile phone, tablet. Louise erdrichs shadow tag fearlessly explores the complex nature of love, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the anatomy of one familys struggle for survival and redemption. Erdrich, as always, includes motifs and patterns throughout the novel which add to its significance, and here the use of shadow is pervasive. But this book is so beautifully written that i found myself awestruck by erdrichs imagination and her spiritual, poetic way of expression.
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