The release date for the English version of 'This Tender Land' by
William Kent Krueger is Sep 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Lincoln Indian Training School, located on the banks of the Gilead River in Minnesota during the summer of 1932, is a cruel location where Native American children who have been taken away from their parents are put to get an education. Odie O'Banion, a bright orphan youngster whose mischievous antics continually win him the superintendent's anger, also resides there. Among the hundreds of Native American students attending the school, Odie and his brother Albert are the only white faces.
Odie, Albert, and their closest buddy Mose—a young Sioux man who is silent—are forced to run for their life after committing a horrible crime. They also bring Emmy, a small girl who is heartbroken, along with them out of sympathy. In canoe, they make their way towards the Mighty Mississippi, hoping to find a spot to call home.
These four orphan vagrants go on an incredible trip into the unknown over the course of one spectacular summer, encountering other adrift individuals such as travelling faith healers, struggling farmers, displaced families, and lost souls of all types. This Tender Land is a captivating, heartfelt epic that demonstrates how the breathtaking American environment unites us all, haunts our dreams, and completes us. It has the feel of a contemporary classic.