And they find another ally in Cora Frost, a widowed teacher who is raising her little girl, Emmy, by herself. The two boys’ best friend is Mose, a mute Native American who is also the strongest kid in school. Brickman, are often in trouble for misdeeds both real and imagined. The only two white boys in the school are orphan brothers Odie and Albert who, under the watchful eyes of the cruel superintendent Mrs. This beautiful, tender land.”ġ932: Located on the banks of the Gilead River in Minnesota, Lincoln School is home to hundreds of Native American boys and girls who have been separated from their families. Sure this is hard work, but it’s good work because it’s a part of what connects us to this land.
In the dirt, the rain, the sky, the trees, the apples, the stars in the cottonwoods. The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace crafts a powerful novel about an orphan’s life-changing adventure traveling down America’s great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair.
While it’s not exactly clear what the author means by calling this a “companion” novel is, other than the fact that it’s not a direct sequel to Grace, Krueger’s This Tender Land will feature another character who goes through a slew of problems and attempts to find himself during the Great Depression. While best known for his Cork O’Connor series, including his most recent novel Desolation Mountain, Krueger actually won an Edgar Award five years ago for Ordinary Grace, which follows Frank Drum-a thirteen-year-old boy who can’t seem to escape one tragedy after another, and his reflection on that painful summer forty years later. On September 3, 2019, William Kent Krueger will release his second standalone novel, This Tender Land, which he calls a “companion novel” to his 2013 bestseller Ordinary Grace.
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