INSTANTNEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER!“IfyoulikedWheretheCrawdadsSing,you’llloveThisTenderLand...Thisstoryisasbig-heartedastheycome.“--ParadeTheunforgettablestoryoffourorphanswhotraveltheMississippiRiveronalife-changingodysseyduringtheGreatDepression.Inthesummerof1932,onthebanksofMinnesota’sGileadRiver,OdieO’BanionisanorphanconfinedtotheLincolnIndianTrainingSchool,apitilessplacewherehislivelynatureearnshimthesuperintendent’swrath.Forcedtofleeaftercommittingaterriblecrime,heandhisbrother,Albert,theirbestfriend,Mose,andabrokenheartedlittlegirlnamedEmmystealawayinacanoe,headingforthemightyMississippiandaplacetocalltheirown.Overthecourseofonesummer,thesefourorphansjourneyintotheunknownandcrosspathswithotherswhoareadrift,fromstrugglingfarmersandtravelingfaithhealerstodisplacedfamiliesandlostsoulsofallkinds.Withthefeelofamodernclassic,ThisTenderLandisanenthralling,big-heartedepicthatshowshowthemagnificentAmericanlandscapeconnectsusall,hauntsourdreams,andmakesuswhole.
