This Tender Land: A Novel National Book Critics Circle Award

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

This Tender Land is an en­thralling

Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism

With painstaking research and an unerring eye for detail

But when their enemies close in and a family emergency forces Alex out of hiding

This Tender Land: A Novel National Book Critics Circle AwardINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, youll love This Tender Land This story is as big hearted as they come. Parade A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932, Minnesotathe Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated.