This Tender Land, written by award-winning Minnesotan William Kent Krueger is the subject of our Book Discussion meeting March 24, 2021. Zoom check-in 6:45-7:00 pm. Discussion begins at 7:00 and ends at 8:30. All are welcome. Book Discussion Group’s Zoom ID 91900847278
For information: Karen Knox (507) 387-6599 or kareneknox@gmail.com, Barbara Keating at 779–5380 or bkeating@hickorytech.net or Liz Kipp at 382-0399 or kipp.elizabeth086@gmail.com
From Amazon.com:
The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, 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 summer, these four orphans 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 enthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole
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