Book Club - Where the Mississippi Pauses

16757 11th Street Northeast,Little Falls MN 56345

06 October, 2021

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Looking for a fun way to enjoy books & meet new people? Join us each month for discussion, laughter and a beer. New members welcomed! Welcome to our October meeting. We will be discussing William Kent Kruger's book This Tender Land, which books to read for November and other general business. Feel free to bring any suggestions. “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, he and his brother, Albert, their best friend, Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own