{"product_id":"tenderness","title":"Tenderness","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRowan Beaird\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Divorcées\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review, Ploughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Most Anticipated Book ( \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, CrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lush, atmospheric look at privilege, love, and the things we do for inner peace.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness \u003c\/i\u003eis an astute study of human behavior, and a complex portrait of a resonant era.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--CrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excellent.... [Beaird] achieves a low, ominous hum throughout its tale of an island wedding off the Virginia coast.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A mystery from the first page to the last...The family's secrets threaten to spill over as anticipation builds, and the result is a novel that feels like a true event, written with snappy prose and a pace that stretches out the mystery but never feels too slow. This book is great for readers who love complicated entanglements and secrets galore.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simmering...Beaird crafts a mesmerizing meditation on the corrosive power of self-deception that will have even experienced suspense readers holding their breath. It's a satisfying slow burn.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sly, elegant and menacing, Rowan Beaird's \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e is an intoxicating tale of love and danger, terror and deceit. You'll find yourself turning page after page, utterly swept up in the heady spell it casts, and the emotional heft that rises to an astonishing crescendo.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Megan Abbott, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Turnout \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e has the page-turning drive of a thoughtful thriller, but with the guts and heart of the best Ann Patchett family novels. Rowan Beaird knows how to get inside the messy connective tissue between siblings, between lovers, between parents and children, and drill down to the truth there, in graceful, piercing prose. \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e is completely captivating.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Emily Everett, author of Reese's Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eAll That Life Can Afford \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e, Rowan Beaird's indelible latest, is a taut, atmospheric novel set against the encroaching sea and the uneasy glow of privilege. A sense of unease saturates the proceedings, with each character on the cusp of a decision that will alter the course of their life. \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the tides of intimacy, the edges of family, and the missed moments we try desperately to catch before they slip away into the unseen beyond.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, author of \u003ci\u003eAlice Sadie Celine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicately rendered story about an intimate group of young people scrambling for purchase in an uncertain time. Beaird's gorgeous prose, as well as her capacious view of the human condition, had me riveted from page one.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Hannah Pittard, author of \u003ci\u003eIf You Love It, Let It Kill You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e, Rowan Beaird is in total command. Lush and disquieting and impossible to shake, I finished \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e in one sitting, heart pounding, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. Evocative and hot to the touch, this is the sort of novel I'm always looking for.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChelsea Bieker, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"INTOXICATING...You'll find yourself turning page after page, utterly swept up in the heady spell it casts.\" --Megan Abbott, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eThe Divorcées\u003c\/i\u003e 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 her\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eOn 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? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from the interwoven perspectives of Shay's brother William, her longtime friend Joel, and Shay herself, \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the tinderbox of the 1970s, \n\u003ci\u003eTenderness\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/11\/2026 (EAN 9781250386694, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250386694, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBeaird, Rowan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRowan Beaird's\u003c\/b\u003e fiction has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review, Ploughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGulf \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCoast\u003c\/i\u003e. 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