A library staff member will lead a virtual book group discussion on The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Copies of the book will be available to pick up at the library at the 3rd floor information desk 30 days prior to the event. Please call (847) 376.2840 or email readersservicesdesk@dppl.org if you have any questions. The discussion will be held online using Zoom.
Registration is required for this Zoom virtual program. You can click on the green button to register for this event using your email address, and a Zoom link will be sent to you approximately 24 hours before the program begins.
If you need help using Zoom, see our guide here or email us at askalibrarian@dppl.org.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli--like so many of her neighbors--must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. 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
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