Book Club - The Tenderness of Wolves

March 16, 2013

Don’t you love that title? It fairly reeks of mystery and danger. Though, nowadays, we’re much less superstitious about them; combining the words "wolves" and "tenderness" in the same sentence can’t help but intrigue.

Stef Penney follows through on the promises in her title. A filmmaker by training and profession, Penney gives cinematic grandeur to the harsh, winter frontier of Canada in the mid-19th century. A man is murdered. A teenaged boy disappears. A mother forms a dangerous alliance to set out into the wilderness to find her son and clear his name.

Penney skillfully weaves a complicated web of subplots and a large cast of characters. Wolves hover on the fringes, furtively beautiful and threatening.

Join the Kearney Book Club to discuss The Tenderness of Wolves on Friday, April 5th at 10 a.m.

Laura M.
Kearney Branch