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Tenderness

Rowan Beaird

On an island over a 1970s wedding weekend, a woman reckons with her ties to the cult Synanon as secrets and near-disasters close in. Beaird is the author of The Divorcees and a recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writers’ Award.

Manilla Press, £16.99, 6 August 2026, 9781786587770

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