Kristin Hannah writes historical fiction and I already read her story about World War Two in France called The Nightengale. This time I read The Four Winds. This story is set in Texas during the depression and the Dust Bowl Era. Elsa Martinella is the wife of Rafe and the mother of two children. She and her family lives on a farm with Rafe's Sicilian parents. Rafe prefers to drown his sorrows in whiskey rather than face up to the problems. When the dust storms start coming, he abandons his family and is never heard from again. Elsa's son nearly dies from having so much dust in his lungs so she is forced to take her children west to California. From there the story reads like The Grapes Of Wrath. Elsa struggles in California as the farm owners treat the migrant workers terribly. This sad story is a part of American history and it helps me realize I don't have it so bad.
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