A Tender Age
“The novel’s a beautiful weave of flashbacks, an inflection point grasped only with the benefit of hindsight ... It would be tempting to describe “A Tender Age” as a tender-hearted coming-of-age tale — the title practically begs readers to do so — but there’s more going on beneath its dappled surfaces. The rage of children — their frustrations with grown-ups, fury at being misunderstood, curiosity ”