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A review by triciadea
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
5.0
I put off writing a review of The Four Winds because, honestly, I was all up in my "feels." I couldn't formulate the words to say what I wanted to say. I'm still not sure that I can. I don't know that I would have picked up this book if it hadn't been a choice for a book group read. I really knew nothing about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and didn't really care about it. I'm not a history person at all, but I love historical fiction. I'm an oddball, I admit.
This book tore me up. I was pulling so hard for Elsa and her family. And my heart kept breaking. Over and over and over. And it wasn't just from time of the dust bowl and the hardships it brought.... I was brokenhearted for the girl Elsa had been. Parents have the power to shape who you become, and I feel her parents failed her. But they also showed her who she would not be.
Elsa reminds me of my mother in many ways. My mother and Elsa were both single mothers. They both made sacrifices for their children. Everything they both did was so that their children could have a better life. I don't often say I have a favorite book, but this one will always top my list.
This book tore me up. I was pulling so hard for Elsa and her family. And my heart kept breaking. Over and over and over. And it wasn't just from time of the dust bowl and the hardships it brought.... I was brokenhearted for the girl Elsa had been. Parents have the power to shape who you become, and I feel her parents failed her. But they also showed her who she would not be.
Elsa reminds me of my mother in many ways. My mother and Elsa were both single mothers. They both made sacrifices for their children. Everything they both did was so that their children could have a better life. I don't often say I have a favorite book, but this one will always top my list.