{"product_id":"four-winds-the-1","title":"Four Winds, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 INDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Four Winds\u003c\/i\u003e seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing and hopeful: We are a nation of scrappy survivors. We've been in dire straits before; we will be again. Hold your people close.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular tour de force that shines a spotlight on the indispensable but often overlooked role of Greatest Generation women.\u003ci\u003e--People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough one woman's 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. \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDelia Owens, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Where the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the number-one bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Great Alone \u003c\/i\u003ecomes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTexas, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Four Winds\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and","brand":"MacMillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39326670356580,"sku":"9781250317254","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/four-winds-the-1","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}