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The Four Winds (2021)

by Kristin Hannah

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"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 as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. 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 whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--… (more)
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Another great book from Kristen Hannah. ( )
  rocketshackgirl | Mar 13, 2024 |
Courage
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
I don't often read historical fiction, I really dislike a lot of the tropes and mores of the genre, but I read this essentially for a friend. We had a good discussion about it and they had some insights I found quite interesting. So, for my limited experience with the genre, I'd say this was pretty good.
I hope it gives more empathy and insight on poverty and migration and prejudice to those who need this point of access.
Mostly I really appreciate the references to and research of Sanora Babb, may she eventually get her dues, and may those who stole her work finally be held to account. ( )
  Kiramke | Feb 14, 2024 |
Withholding my rating and review/commentary in support of the boycott against St Martin's Press and Wednesday books.
  brookeklebe | Feb 6, 2024 |
Seems like an event exploited; better to stick with Grapes of Wrath for the writing or Whose Names are Unknown for the history and perspective. K. Hannah's writing, for the most part, was flat. Maybe I expected more, but I felt the book overly descriptive and mundane; the writing never really made the characters breathe. There simply wasn't any richness to the sentences. ( )
1 vote vscauzzo | Jan 29, 2024 |
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Hannah 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
added by Dariah | editPublishers Weekly (starred review)
 
Epic and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love...Majestic and absorbing.
added by Dariah | editUSA Today
 

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To damage the earth is to damage your children.
                                             --WENDELL BERRY,
                                            FARMER AND POET
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. . . .  The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
                                          --FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
                                            --CÉSAR CHÁVEZ
One thing was left, as clear and perfect as a drop of rain---the desperate need to stand together . . . They would rise and fall and, in their falling, rise again.
                                  --SANORA BABB,
              WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN
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Dad, this one's for you.
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Hope is a coin I carry: an American penny, given to me by a man I came to love.
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Be brave, or pretend to be.  It's all the same.
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"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 as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. 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 whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--

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Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows.

By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.

In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.
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