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For fans of Before We Were Yours and Where the Crawdads Sing, a magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the New York Timesbestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932, Minnesota-the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an en"thralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.
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"One of the best books of Kent Kruger, and little different from previous ones"
— stranger267 (5 out of 5 stars)
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“This story is as big-hearted as they come.”
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“A picaresque tale of adventure…Part Grapes of Wrath, part Huckleberry Finn, Krueger’s novel is a journey over inner and outer terrain toward wisdom and freedom.”
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“A heartfelt, true-to-life Depression-era story filled with courage, determination, and heroism.”
— New York Journal of Books -
“Crafted in exquisitely beautiful prose, this is a story to be treasured—outstanding and unforgettable.”
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“A deeply satisfying odyssey, a quest in search of self and home. Richly imagined and exceptionally well plotted and written, the novel is, most of all, a compelling, often haunting story that will captivate both adult and young adult readers.”
— Booklist
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A September 2019 LibraryReads Pick
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A New York Times bestseller
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A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in Native American Literature
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An iBooks bestseller in Fiction & Literature
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A Crime Reads Pick of Most Anticipated Novels of 2019
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Finalist for the 2020 Southern Book Prize for Fiction
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Shortlisted for the Macavity Award
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Finalist for the Heartland Booksellers Award
This Tender Land Listener Reviews
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Barbara Stratton, 12/31/2023
About William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O’Conner mystery series that have won the Anthony and Dilys awards. His stand-alone novel, Ordinary Grace, won the Edgar, Anthony, Dilys, Barry, and Macavity awards. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.
About Scott Brick
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.