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The Road to Tender Hearts
2026·400 pages
A darkly comic road-trip novel about a lottery winner seeking his high school crush, joined by orphaned kids and a death-predicting cat.
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A darkly comic road-trip novel about a lottery winner seeking his high school crush, joined by orphaned kids and a death-predicting cat.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals “A miraculous novel—an actual and spiritual road trip you won’t forget.”—John Irving AN NPR AND LIT HUB BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luck...
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Sexual content
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Mild second-chance romance pursuit; child sexual assault referenced
Violence & gore
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Murder-suicide, drowning, poisoning, burnings, and many other deaths
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Protagonist's heavy drinking and alcohol abuse tied to grief
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Recurring magical-realism element: a cat that predicts death
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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No evidence found in available sources
Self-harm / suicide
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Murder-suicide in backstory; pervasive grief and loss themes
Abuse & suffering
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Child sexual, physical, emotional abuse and neglect; parental deaths
Other
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