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Tenderness
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ISBN10: 1250386691
ISBN13: 9781250386694
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781250386694
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
INTOXICATING...You'll find yourself turning page after page, utterly swept up in the heady spell it casts. --Megan Abbott, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author
From the beloved author of The Divorcées comes a novel set in the 1970s during an island wedding, where the bride has recently left a sinister cult that might still be trailing herOn a remote island off the coast of Virginia, family and friends gather to celebrate the wedding of Shay O'Connor and Andrew Pruitt. From the moment the guests arrive, all they can whisper about is the bride, who recently left the headline-making cult Synanon. Why would someone like Shay, an Ivy League graduate with a wealthy, doting fiancée, join Synanon? And has she really escaped their grasp? Told from the interwoven perspectives of Shay's brother William, her longtime friend Joel, and Shay herself, Tenderness is a slow-burn mystery that excavates dark family histories and romantic regrets. As the wedding day approaches, Joel and William pull at the loose threads of Shay's story, and it becomes clear there is an even greater threat on the island than the secrets each character is keeping from one another. Set in the tinderbox of the 1970s, Tenderness is a lit match, bringing hidden truths to light and asking if we can ever see ourselves or the people we love for who they truly are.
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