The Tell A Novel
The Tell, a novel by Hester Kaplan, is published by HarperCollins on January 8, 2013, and spans 352 pages. This work explores the complexities of love and family, challenging readers to reconsider their perceptions of marriage, duty, and betrayal. The story centers on Mira and Owen, whose seemingly stable marriage is disrupted by the arrival of Wilton Deere, an aging TV star. As Wilton inserts himself into their lives, Mira finds herself drawn into a world of escapism and addiction, which threatens to unravel her marriage and family dynamics.
Readers will encounter a narrative rich in psychological complexity and suspense, as the characters navigate their intertwined lives amid personal struggles. The novel delves into themes of dependence, responsibility, and trust, particularly as Mira’s addiction grows and Owen seeks connection with Anya, the daughter Wilton abandoned. The Tell presents a nuanced examination of the risks inherent in relationships and the hidden truths that shape our interactions with those we love.
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An elegant and haunting novel of love and family, The Tell demands that we reconsider our notions of marriage—duty, compromise, betrayal, and the choice to stand by or leave the ones we love.
Mira 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.
The Tell 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.
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