The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Synopsis:

This is a fiction book that takes place during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl in Texas. It is about Elsa Wolcott. After she gets pregnant with the child of Rafe Martinelli, she is forced to marry him. However, Elsa does form a very close relationship with her in-laws, Rosa and Tony, whom are Italian immigrants and Texas wheat farmers.

Elsa has trouble surviving on the farm and making a living so she takes her children to California in hope of a better future.

Review:

I loved this book and found it to be very inspiring and loved the themes of survival and motherhood.

“A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.”

“Love is what remains when everything else is gone.”

“Books had always been her solace; novels gave her the space to be bold, brave, beautiful, if only in her own imagination.”

“The four winds have blown us here, people from all across the country, to the very end of this great land.”