"The four winds" by Kristin Hannah

 The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

Overall Review:  5*

Historical fiction covering the Great Depression:  This is the first book which I have read related to the years of great depression in America.  The book is a historical fiction and provides and insight into the hardships faced by people of the country in those tough years.  How to find hope and seek a future for your family when everything you have ever known just fails.  The years of no rain in the country made the farmers see the toughest of times.  A young girl was able to single handedly stand tall and provide for her family to the best of her capabilities.  A story of courage, love and survival.  

Make the best during the worst of times:  Elsa is the heroine of the book and she is a heroine after all - truly inspiring.  A girl next door who does not have a fulfilling childhood, searches for love where she gets and ties her future to that little thread of hope.  Family is something which an individual can not choose.  It can make or break you and shape your life.  Elsa got love from family very late in her life and then had to take a difficult decision to move ahead for her children.  The world always harps about the hardships the men bear, but it is the women of the world who make or break the families, communities, villages and the country.  

I just wish and hope the climax was different from what it was and there could be some more of happiness for our sweet Elsa.  The book is emotionally and exhausting read and you end up feeling sad but content at the end.  

Amazing writing: Hannah has become one of my favorite authors now.  While I was reading this book, I ordered two more from the same author.  The way she writes, she is able to provide a vivid imagery of the events in front of you.  I felt I was in the moment and was able to see everything from my own eyes.  I was able to feel the sand in my mouth, the water during the flood and the love in Elsa's life when it came.