This Tender Land

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ΓÇ£If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing,youΓÇÖll love This Tender Land…This story is as big-hearted as they come.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöParade A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depressionfrom the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932MinnesotaΓÇöthe Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American childrenforcibly separated from their parentsare sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie OΓÇÖBaniona lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendentΓÇÖs wrath. Forced to fleehe and his brother Alberttheir best friend Moseand a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoeheading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one unforgettable summerthese four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adriftfrom struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classicThis Tender Land is an en\u00adthrallingbig-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us allhaunts our dreamsand makes us whole.