{"id":79652,"date":"2019-09-11T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=79652"},"modified":"2019-09-11T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:20:44","slug":"thacker-mountain-radio-continues-september-12-with-author-william-kent-krueger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/thacker-mountain-radio-continues-september-12-with-author-william-kent-krueger\/","title":{"rendered":"Thacker Mountain Radio Continues September 12 with Author William Kent Krueger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The acclaimed author of\u00a0Ordinary Grace<\/em>\u00a0crafts a powerful novel about an orphan\u2019s life-changing adventure traveling down America\u2019s great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair.<\/strong>

\u201cAsk me, God\u2019s right here. In the dirt, the rain, the sky, the trees, the apples, the stars in the cottonwoods. In you and me, too. It\u2019s all connected and it\u2019s all God. Sure this is hard work, but it\u2019s good work because it\u2019s a part of what connects us to this land. This beautiful, tender land.\u201d<\/em>

1932: 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. The only two white boys in the school are orphan brothers Odie and Albert who, under the watchful eyes of the cruel superintendent Mrs. Brickman, are often in trouble for misdeeds both real and imagined. The two boys\u2019 best friend is Mose, a mute Native American who is also the strongest kid in school. And they find another ally in Cora Frost, a widowed teacher who is raising her little girl, Emmy, by herself.

When tragedy strikes down Mrs. Frost, it\u2019s the catalyst for a series of events that will send Odie, Albert, and Mose to rescue Emmy and flee down the river in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi, leaving a dead body in their wake. Soon they are wanted by the law and they know that Mrs. Brickman will stop at nothing to track them down for dark reasons of her own.

Over the course of this unforgettable summer, Odie, Albert, Mose, and Emmy carefully make their way through the small river towns and big cities filled with people who are by turns desperate and generous, cruel and kind. As they search for a place to belong, these four remarkable children will lose their innocence but gain the strength to survive in the face of terrible loss.

With his signature \u201cpitch-perfect, wonderfully evocative\u201d (Dennis Lehane,\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>bestselling author) prose, William Kent Krueger<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0This Tender Land<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William Kent Krueger is the award-winning author of the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling\u00a0Ordinary Grace,<\/em>\u00a0winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, as well as eighteen Cork O\u2019Connor novels, including\u00a0Desolation Mountain<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Sulfur Springs<\/em>. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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