It tells such a deep and personal story while also giving you a better understanding of the history of the time. This book pulled me in right from the start and kept me completely captivated all the way through. Yes, I knew it would be a tough subject to read – it is about the Great Depression after all – but what really comes to light here is just how resilient the human spirit is. My thoughts: There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to love this book…it was just a matter of how much. Indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a Survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait ofĪmerica and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one Testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to The people who lived through it – the harsh realities that divided us asĪ nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. Sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and Loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a Of her neighbors – must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa- like so many Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage each day isĪ desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children Livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open.ĭust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their Has changed millions are out of work and drought has devastated the
With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectableĬhoice: marriage to a man she barely knows. The night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction When marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time The land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and With itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to The Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audioįrom the number-one best-selling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comesĪ powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during
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