The Four Winds By Kristin Hannah

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Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I swear I can still taste the dust

Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli has finally found the life she'd yearned for: a family, a home and a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all that she and her community hold dear, Elsa's world is shattered to the winds. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. 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.

Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life.

From the overriding love of a mother for her child, the value of female friendship and the ability to love again - against all odds -

Elsa's incredible journey is a story of courage and sacrifice and what we do for the ones we love.