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In the beginning, after he labored over the heavens and the earth, the light and the dark, the land and sea and all living things that dwell therein, after he created man and woman and before he rested, I believe God gave us one final gift. Lest we forget the divine source of all that beauty, he gave us stories.
From the prologue, This Tender Land.
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Brenham Lifetime Learning is excited to offer to the community William Kent Krueger’s This Tender Land as the selection for the 2023 Washington County READ. Krueger is an enchanting storyteller of twenty-one novels. Best known for his Cork O’Connor series, This Tender Land is his 2019 stand-alone story of four rag-tag children who run away from an Indian residential school in Minnesota. Odie, Albert, Emmy, and Mose endure neglect, exploitation, and abuse at the school, as well as along their journey of escape. However, this doesn’t hold them back from discovering moments of kindness from each other and unexpectedly from strangers. As they journey from Minnesota to Missouri, Odie entertains and comforts them with his harmonica playing. Tunes, such as Beautiful Dreamer and Shenandoah, anchor the teens to their dream of leaving grief and loneliness behind to find family and belonging.
The Tender Land is available for purchase at The Book Nook, 108 S. Douglas Street in downtown Brenham.
The Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library has The Tender Land in regular and large type, also as an audio and e-book.
The Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library has The Tender Land in regular and large type, also as an audio and e-book.
Help spread the message about the READ by making a tax deductible donation:
Nov 14, 2023: The READ Event
Enjoy reading This Tender Land and then join us November 14th starting at 5:30 PM for our free community reception, a dramatic reading by Unity Theatre actors, and remarks and book signing by William Kent Krueger. Unity Theatre is located at 300 Church Street, downtown Brenham.
The Author
Photo by Paul Dinndorf
William Kent Krueger is best known for his Cork O’Connor mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His work has received numerous awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were New York Times bestsellers.
This Tender Land, published in September 2019, spent nearly six months on the New York Times bestseller list. Ordinary Grace, his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published that year.
This Tender Land, published in September 2019, spent nearly six months on the New York Times bestseller list. Ordinary Grace, his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published that year.
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Previous Community Reads:
2022: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 2021: The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate 2020: Getting Life by Michael Morton 2019: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer 2018: The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell 2017: News of the World by Paulette Jiles 2016: City of Refuge by Tom Piazza 2015: My Boys and Girls Are in There by Ron Rozelle 2014: One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni 2013: The Personal History of Rachel Dupree by Ann Weisgarber 2012: The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton 2011: One Ranger: A Memoir by H. Joaquin Jackson and David Marion Wilkinson 2010: Twelve Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent 2009: Final Salute by Jim Sheeler |