Status
Available
Collection
Publication
St. Martin's Press (2021), 464 pages
Description
"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"--
Media reviews
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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
USA Today
Epic and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love...Majestic and absorbing.
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2022)
Read with Jenna (2021-01 — 2021)
LibraryReads (Annual Top Pick — February 2021)
Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List (Selection — 2022)
Original publication date
2021