Kristin Hannah: The Four Winds

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The crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli – like so many of her neighbors – must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life.  The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman who will discover the best in herself in the worst of times. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.  “Hannah ( The Great Alone ) brings Dust Bowl migration to life in this riveting story of love, courage, and sacrifice…combines gritty realism with emotionally rich characters and lyrical prose that rings brightly and true from the first line.” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) “Through one woman’s survival during the harsh and lingering Dust Bowl, master storyteller, Kristin Hannah, reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough, yet as fragile, as a change in the wind.” (Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing ) ©2021 Kristin Hannah (P)2021 Macmillan Audio The Four Winds , by highly ranked New York Times popular author Kristin Hannah, is an sweeping novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras – the Great Depression.  “If I close my eyes, I can still taste the dust….” Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods.

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