Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds.įearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. She will discover the best of herself in the worst of times. ‘Powerful and compelling’ – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

The Four Winds, an instant New York Times number one bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, is a deeply moving story about the strength and resilience of women and the bond between mother and daughter, by the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.'A powerful, stirring, wind-swept tale set in Depression-era America that makes your heart break and soar in equal measure.' - Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library 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. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. We love all of her books and this was no exception!: 4 stars! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras-the Great Depression.

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