Tenderness: A Novel

Description

Eighteen-year-old Eric has just been released from juvenile detention formurdering his mother and stepfather. Now he's looking fortenderness--tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls.

Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive butsexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness--tenderness she findsin Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction? Toldfrom their alternating points of view, this harrowing thriller speeds to itsfateful conclusion with an irresistible force, and a final twist that will notbe easily forgotten.

Click here to read the "Tenderness" Reader's Companion, whichincludes suggested discussion topics and an interview with Robert Cormier.

*"Cormier is in top form in this cilling portrait...a sense of 'tenderness' pervades this gripping tale."
-- "School Library Journal," starred review

"Cormier's latest is a mesmerizing plunge into the mind of a psychopathic teenkiller that is both deeply disturbing and utterly compelling."
-- "Booklist"

"A serial killer; an aging cop with a hunch; an impulsive 15-year-oldrunaway: Three familiar characters are spun by a master of suspense intoanother disturbing study in emotional dysfunction."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Rarely has Cormier's irony been darker...readers will stay on the edge of their seats."
-- "Publishers Weekly"

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  Tenderness

  • 2013-03-19
  • 240 pages
  • Ebook
  • Delacorte Press
• 

  Tenderness: A Gay Christian's Guide to Unlearning Rejection and Experiencing...

  • 2021-12-03
  • 224 pages
  • Ebook
  • Ave Maria Press
• 

  Tenderness

  • 2021-11-09
  • 640 pages
  • Ebook
  • Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• 

  Tenderness: Be Human. Emotionally Connect. Serve Selflessly

  • 2021-09-07
  • 104 pages
  • Paperback
  • Boa Editions

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