Talk:This Tender Land

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 * User:BuySomeApples and User:Z1720: Sorry for the long delay, I've been sick and then out of town. Thank you for your suggestions! I cut down the plot summary from 1250 to 850 words (4.6k characters), and included better resources for the allusions to other works and reception sections. I certainly agree that we want to keep things consistent between the hook and article, and authorize any edits you feel are necessary to improve the hook. Re the two "quibbles" you raise, I want to make sure they are addressed, but I also don't feel like I'm misrepresenting anything. 1) After a major award, an author's next book is generally "highly anticipated", especially if it's almost published, then withdrawn and worked on for four more years; I'm not sure how (or why) to footnote that claim. 2) As stated in the first sentence of "allusions to other work", the narrative has the same plot arc as Huckleberry Finn, and just about every item in the footnote section comments on the obvious parallel. "Updated retelling" is a super-clunky phrase and I'd be very much open to something better and more objective-sounding if you have suggestions. I'm not sure how to edit a DYD hook; even attempting to respond to you on this page generated lots of errors. Perhaps, "2019 bestseller This Tender Land is a depression-era story of runaways from the Indian school system, drawing heavily on Huckleberry Finn and Homer's Odyssey"? Thank you again for helping me improve. Oceanchaos (talk) 18:01, 5 August 2022 (UTC)