9781250178602-1250178606-The Four Winds: A Novel

The Four Winds: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9781250178602
ISBN-10: 1250178606
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover 464 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781250178602
ISBN-10: 1250178606
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover 464 pages

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The Four Winds: A Novel (ISBN-13: 9781250178602 and ISBN-10: 1250178606), written by authors Kristin Hannah, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2021. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Four Winds: A Novel (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.6.

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From the number-one bestselling author ofThe Nightingaleand The Great Alonecomes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them.

"My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family."

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.

The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it--the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity,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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Apr 20, 2023

Harrowing account of dust bowl residents attempts to stay in their land, and of the desperate struggles of those forced to leave for California, but ultimately life affirming.