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The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

Start date: June 20, 2021

Finish date: July 31, 2021

Why we're reading this: July's Members Choice
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Jul 17, 2021 ☮Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: southern-america, read-in-2021, audio, overdrive

I read all of Kristin Hannah's historical fiction; none of her earlier romances however, and that's intentional as I'm rather a cold fish, after all. She researches her historicals very thoroughly and always puts together a good story to tell the history. I enjoyed this story immensely and felt a connection to it, maybe due to parallels in today's socio-political environment. Maybe because of my farming ancestors. The Dust Bowl has provided many a great novel; and this one isn't great literature ...more

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Jun 18, 2021 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-recommend, 2021

"I sold my soul to the company store." This is a part of American history that is sometimes missed when we transition from early American history to modern, and is happening at the same time formerly enslaved people are also tied to land through sharecropping. I'm so glad KH wove it into this story of the Dust Bowl.

Elsa Martinelli is among a pantheon of tremendous women in literature. Her strength is remarkable and her love is enduring. ...more

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Feb 08, 2021 Paula Hess rated it really liked it

Very good read about the depression and the devastating drought in 1934.

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Feb 26, 2021 Karen rated it it was ok

Shelves: books-i-own-challenge, book-club, 2021

I find myself bored with most of Hannah's book by the time I get past 60 percent..she is readable, and the beginnings always zoom so I tend to stick it out. ...more

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May 08, 2021 Ellen Librarian rated it really liked it

I like Kristin Hannah's writing for the way she keeps me sucked in all the way through. Some of her plots, though, always seem a bit far-fetched. I put down The Nightingale because of that. I didn't mind it in The Great Alone because she depicted Alaska so gloriously, I felt I had been there and loved it just as much as her characters.

The same natural-world realism is in this book but it is relentlessly perilous and harsh.The far-fetched plot is here, too. In this case, I was able to suspend dis ...more

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Mar 16, 2021 Terry M rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites

Looking back over the year this would be my favourite book of 2021. Nine months later and it still comes to mind. The characters were well created and the story was an enthralling history lesson for me. Heartbreaking tale but a fabulous read.

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