SPOIL ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The book I am reviewing today is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, who personally is my favorite author and where I get a lot of my inspiration from. Let’s get into it.

The story is about Elsa a sickly girl who comes from a rich family who can’t stand her. Elsa’s sisters are married with children, but her parents make her out to be very ugly and sickly who will never marry.

One glorious day, Elsa had enough and decided she had enough of being treated so poorly so she went to a speak easy. Oh and before I forget, this takes place in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Anyway, Elsa tries to go to the speak easy and she wasn’t allowed in because her father was a head honcho in town and everyone was afraid of him, so they knew if she was let in, they would be in trouble. Elsa decided to walk the streets alone in the night and meets Rafe. He seems like a great guy and Elsa finds him very attractive. They end up sleeping together and of course Elsa ends up being pregnant. Her parents take her to Rafe’s house and drop her at their doorstep and leave her there to deal with.

The parents of Rafe are sweet and hard working farmers. They have built land for themselves after coming over from Italy. They are very devout catholic and so Rafe and Elsa were to be married immediately.

When Elsa had her baby girl Loreda, she was so happy. She always wanted to be a mother. As the years went by Rafe became more and more depressed. They had another baby, which was a boy named Anthony (Ant). However, his parents treated Elsa like the daughter they never had. One morning they woke up from one of there terrible dust storms they had in Texas and Rafe was gone. Loreda blamed Elsa because Rafe wanted to go to California to start a new life.

Years went by and Elsa wasn’t going to leave but then Anthony got really sick from dust pneumonia. She knew she had to make a choice and took her two kids and went to California. When they arrived, they were met with torture and no money. It was devastating from the moment they got there. Elsa tried to remain strong but it was hard.

In the end, she met Jack who was a communist who wanted to stick up for the migrants. They weren’t getting equal pay or a place to live. Jack and Elsa ended up together, but she eventually died from a gun shot would due to protesting.

Here is what I think about this book:

The book is full of drama, full of smiles, full of laugher, and full of tears.

I loved this book so much for many reasons, but I couldn’t believe the terrible way people had to endure through the Great Depression. It makes me look at things in a completely different way.

Elsa was a strong brave character. She was full of life and she loved her children more than anything. She would do anything for them. It was very refreshing.

Loreda was brave and full of fire. She had so much passion and so much fight.

Ant was a child, but he always stayed by their side. He would say he wasn’t a baby and he would put on a brave face.

I give this book 4 out 4 stars. I loved it!