{"product_id":"tear-9781778430060","title":"Tear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e49TH STREET EDITOR'S PICK FOR SEPTEMBER 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reclamation of\u003cbr\u003efemale rage and a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances is quiet and reclusive, \u003cbr\u003eso much so that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated in\u003cbr\u003ethe basement, and on the brink of graduating from university, Frances herself\u003cbr\u003estarts to question the realities of her own existence. She can't remember there\u003cbr\u003ebeing a lock on the door at the top of the basement stairs--and yet, when she\u003cbr\u003eturns the knob, the door won't open. She can't tell the difference between her\u003cbr\u003echildhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement, and her\u003cbr\u003edreams. Worse still, she can't ignore the very real tapping sound now\u003cbr\u003ecoming--insistently, violently--threatening to break through her bedroom wall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the thematic considerations of Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson's work, and in the style of Herta Müller and Daisy Johnson, \u003ci\u003eTear\u003c\/i\u003e is both a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman and a bristling reclamation of female rage. Blurring the real and the imagined, this lyric debut novel unflinchingly engages with contemporary feminist issues and explores the detrimental effects of false narratives, gaslighting, and manipulation on young women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica McKeen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, Ontario. She studied at Western University, and her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for the Guernica Prize, and shortlisted for \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e Open Season Awards. Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003ePRISM international\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003efilling Station\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dalhousie Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. \u003ci\u003eTear\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. \u003ci\u003eTear\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel, and has been awarded the 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction, selected as a \u003ci\u003e49th Shelf\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Pick, and named a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Invisible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727039336722,"sku":"9781778430060","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72470fc9-e742-4841-ae91-b6dfd05daaa3.jpg?v=1734891069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tear-9781778430060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}