Name: The Four Winds
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Author: Hannah Kristin
ISBN: 9781250178602

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hannah Kristin

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.3 x 4.3 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN13

9781250178602

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Four Winds"

"The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes 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.

Hannah Kristin

(Author)

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She is the author of more than twenty highly successful novels, for which she has received numerous awards and of which more than twenty million copies have been sold worldwide. The best sellers The Nightingale and The Great Alone were chosen as Best Historical Novel by Goodreads in 2015 and 2018. The Nightingale, which is being adapted into a film, won the coveted People's Choice Award for best novel. Firefly Lane has become a successful Netflix series. Kristin studied Law before becoming a professional writer and is a mother of one son. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, near Seattle.

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