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As superb collection of stories from a prize-winning writer – some short, some long, set in locations that span the globe (including littl’ ol’ New Zealand), all exploring the theme encapsulated by the title: tenderness.

Meet Sadie, the high-flying divorce lawyer who ends up putting marriages back together; the Ice Cream Girl, discovered in a superette and transplanted to Hollywood; the seven-year-old Prometheus, who faces death on a daily basis. With a mixture of humour and compassion, each story carries the punch of a compact novel, highlighting those illuminating moments of human connection.

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