{"product_id":"the-mask-maker-volume-42-diane-glancy-9780806134000","title":"The Mask Maker: Volume 42","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Mask Maker, \u003c\/em\u003eDiane Glancy tells the story of Edith Lewis, a recently divorced mixed-blood American Indian, as she travels the state of Oklahoma teaching students the art and custom of mask-making. A complex, subtle tale about flesh-and-blood human beings, this enchanting novel shows how one woman copes with alienation, loss, and questions about identity and, in the end, rediscovers meaning in living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Edith's daily life and efforts to teach, Glancy explores the power of the mask and mask-making. When Edith tries reaching out to a listless, alienated student, she knows enough to ask, \"Where would you want to go?\" He replies, \"Nowhere,\" to which she responds with the advice, \"Then make a mask to take you nowhere.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Edith, masks go beyond the limitations of words and surface gloss. \"A mask is a face when you have none,\" she reflects. Yet some stories need to be confronted, so Edith struggles with the question of how to use masks to tell stories without using words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlancy's Edith is no idealized sage but a very human character struggling as best she can while enduring clueless officials and teachers. When Edith explains to one teacher how the art of mask-making reaches students on a creative, intuitive level, she is chided as impractical: \"We're supposed to reach them through math and English.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Mask Maker, \u003c\/em\u003eGlancy provides the reader with intriguing new ways of looking at identity, at language, at intangible values, and at love. This captivating novel on the human need for self-expression will delight readers of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Glancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806134003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806134000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.80w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oklahoma Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2002 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/18\/2002 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 66","brand":"Diane Glancy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992459739391,"sku":"9780806134000","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1e5724a-14c3-4af6-b853-37001b82a8c3.jpg?v=1683319067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mask-maker-volume-42-diane-glancy-9780806134000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}