{"product_id":"the-four-winds-a-novel","title":"The Four Winds: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis program includes a bonus interview with the author.  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER #1 INDIE BESTSELLER  \"The Four Winds seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing and hopeful: We are a nation of scrappy survivors. Weve been in dire straits before; we will be again. Hold your people close.The New York Times  \"A spectacular tour de force that shines a spotlight on the indispensable but often overlooked role of Greatest Generation women.\"People  \"Through one womans survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl  master storyteller  Kristin Hannah  reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough  yet as fragile  as a change in the wind.\" Delia Owens  author of Where the Crawdads Sing  From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope  set during the Great Depression  a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself  when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them.  My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.  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 womans 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 Elsas tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.  In this uncertain and perilous time  Elsalike so many of her neighborsmust 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.  The Four Winds is a rich  sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through itthe harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope  resilience  and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity  The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream  as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.  A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martins Press  \"Julia Whelan is herself a master storyteller because its absolute magic how she brings this novel to life for listeners. Her emotional rendering will bring tears and laughter and she portrays every character perfectly  men women and children...Have the tissues close when you put those earbuds in.\" -- Reading Franzy  \"With forceful narrative drive  Whelan delivers a compelling performance of Hannahs memorable new novel.\" -- AudioFile Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986023903285,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250317258","price":48.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250317254.jpg?v=1770882120","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-four-winds-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}