![]() ![]() You’ll get the same feels and the writing that is just as brilliant. Think of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that’s been updated a century. The symbolic nature of the river is not lost on the reader, nor is the title.įans of Where the Crawdads Sing or The Great Alone will adore this beautiful and magnanimous novel. They lived under the stars, created their own path and used the land around them for food and shelter. ![]() These kids created their own family, each taking important roles as caretaker, decision maker, leader and emotional relief. The kids were each richly developed and grew within themselves and into my heart.Īs explained in the blurb and many other reviews, these children are traveling along the Mississippi river to escape the persecution they dealt with at the Lincoln School. I’m so glad I did I fell in love with these characters like nobody’s business. I would have read this anyway, but his comment made me want to jump right in. ![]() I was lucky enough to meet the author at BEA in New York and there he told me that he liked these characters and this story more than those in Ordinary Grace. Although best known for his Cork O’Connor series, he also authored the best-selling Ordinary Grace, which was a book club favorite in 2013. This Tender Landwill land on my Best of All-Time book list, not only the best of 2019. ![]()
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