An epic novel of love, heroism, and hope set against the backdrop of one of the most defining eras in American history: the Great Depression.
Texas, 1934. Millions of people are out of work, the Great Plains are in the grip of a multi-year drought. Farmers struggle to preserve the last of their crops, water is running low, and dust threatens to engulf them all. Regular dust storms have turned the once fertile land into a desert. In this terrible time, the Martinelli family, like their neighboring farmers, must make an agonizing choice: stay on the land they love, or head west to California in search of a better life.
Elsa, a courageous woman who has not been particularly kind to life since her youth, worries first and foremost about her two children, who have already forgotten what rain is, what it is like to eat their fill, and what decent clothes look like. They have not lived for a long time, but survived, and the moment has come when Elsa has no choice: if she wants to save her children, she must decide to leave her home, go into the unknown, hoping that they will find well-being there.
"The Four Winds" is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, seen through the eyes of an indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will define a generation.
Telling the story of a woman who survived a brutal drought and a series of dust storms, Kristin Hannah reminds us that humans, like the Earth, can be very cruel, but at the same time they are incredibly fragile - like a stalk of grass in the wind.
Delia Owens
author of the novel "Where the Crayfish Sing"
A sweeping epic about a woman trying to keep her family afloat, it feels eerily timely, showing how women come together during a national crisis.
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Author: Kristin Hannah
Translation: Natalia Rashkovskaya
Year of issue: 2024
Publisher: Phantom Press
Pages: 448
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 218x148x32 mm
ISBN: 978-5-86471-886-5