This Tender Land

The This Tender Land was published on September 3, 2019, and has sold over 1 million copies. People have generally given the book positive reviews, praising the author’s ability to evoke emotion and create a sense of place.

William Kent Krueger is an American author of mystery novels set in the fictional town of Cork, Minnesota. Krueger’s debut novel, Iron Lake, was published in 1998 and won the Minnesota Book Award in the mystery/thriller category.

This Tender Land is a novel about four orphans who run away from their foster home in Minnesota in the 1930s. They travel down the Mississippi River on a raft, encountering danger and adventure along the way. The novel explores themes of poverty, racism, and displacement.

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