The Four Winds
About this book
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.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 1084925 readers · 536 pages · ≈ 9 h 56 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Four Winds?
About ≈ 9 h 56 m — 536 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Four Winds?
536 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Four Winds?
It sits on the History, Fiction shelves.
Is The Four Winds in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does The Four Winds take place?
It takes place in The Great Depression.
Who wrote The Four Winds?
Kristin Hannah (1960–0).