The Tender Land
Subtitle: A Family Love Story
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: June 8, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780395984956
First sentence: My mother believes she gave birth to an angel.
Description: The author describes the relationships and inner workings of a family reeling from the loss of a beloved son and brother, one who gave no indication that that his life was so intolerable that he would seek to end it.