The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel

By Annie Hartnett

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

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Published Apr 29, 2025

400 pages

Average rating: 8.12

871 RATINGS

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Readers say *The Road to Tender Hearts* offers a masterful, fast-paced blend of complicated family dynamics, quirky kids, love, death, and relationshi...

Larry Burns
Mar 27, 2026
7/10 stars
Rather dark.
AudraMiracle
Jan 22, 2026
10/10 stars
5 star book
boyleschris
Dec 14, 2025
Ron's recommendation.
KTszyrko
Jul 21, 2026
8/10 stars
Fun and quirky. Didn’t know weather to laugh or cry!
Rebeccamtaylor
Jun 28, 2026
9/10 stars
Laughed, cried, said “wtf” AT LEAST 20 times (if not more). It was a wild and unexpected ride and I would recommend this book to a friend.

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