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This tender land : a novel / William Kent Krueger.
"The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace crafts a powerful novel about an orphan's life-changing adventure traveling down America's great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476749297 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 450 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2019.
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| Subject: | Brothers > Fiction. Depressions > 1929 > United States > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Indigenous peoples > United States > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Voyages and travels > Fiction. Minnesota > Fiction. United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Krueg | 31681010167344 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a life-changing journey marked by struggling farmers, faith healers, and lost souls. - Baker & Taylor
Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a summer marked by struggling farmers, faith healers and lost souls. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Ordinary Grace. 150,000 first printing. Tour. - Baker & Taylor
"The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace crafts a powerful novel about an orphan's life-changing adventure traveling down America's great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair"-- - Simon and Schuster
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
âIf you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, youâll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.â âParade
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace.
1932, Minnesotaâthe 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 OâBanion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendentâs 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 enÂthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole. - Simon and Schuster
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
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the 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. 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 enÂthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.
