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This Tender Land is beautifully drawn historical fiction that manages to create both unforgettable, authentic characters and a distinct sense of time and place—I became totally invested in the lives of these four orphans in Depression-era Minnesota. Narrator Scott Brick makes it a perfect trifecta of character, setting, and standout performance.
7 de nov. de 2019 · Writing: An unforgettable and memorable story, Krueger’s writing in This Tender Land is lyrical and a joy to read! Some of the circumstances require a suspension of disbelief, but I was so wrapped up in the story and the writing that I was willing to go there with the author. Filled with vivid setting descriptions, colorful characters, and ...
About the Author. William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), as well as nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O'Connor mystery series, including Lightning Strike and Fox Creek. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family.
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 Times bestselling 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.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan ...
This Tender Land is a coming-of-age adventure novel by William Kent Krueger, published in 2019. As historical fiction, the novel follows four central characters on a physical and spiritual journey through the Depression-era Midwestern United States. Krueger describes This Tender Land as a companion novel to his 2014 novel, Ordinary Grace ...
26 de may. de 2020 · This Tender Land is heartfelt, graceful, heroic, tense, hopeful, inspiring, sad and beautiful, it is simply stunning and is a story I will not forget… I already miss the characters. It is a truely magical coming of age story set during the hard times of the Great Depression and is filled with humble, brave, and down to earth characters who I cared about deeply.
- William Kent Krueger
