Set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras...the Great Depression Ms. Hannah brings Dust Bowl migration to life in her riveting story of love, courage and sacrifice. “The Four Wings” tells how Elsa Martinelli worked hard to care for her children Loreda and Anthony when her husband Rafe abandoned them. With her children, Elsa left the Texas farm for California...the land of opportunities...but what the family lived through was not what they had wished for....
This historical fiction is one that whisked me away into another time and place not only with its uplifting read but also for its richness of words and excellent portrayal of the American Dream seen through the eyes of a strong-willed woman whose actions will change the life of generations to come. What a great timing for this book being published during the pandemic a time when workers are out of work and some are losing all they have. During the depression people had little or no help at all from their governments.
This is heart-wrenching and a tear jerking story from the opening page till the story warps up. Close to 500 pages of a very exhausting read. What we have are pages after pages of griefs, suffering, tragedies, despair, hunger and most of all the feeling of powerlessness.….. and a story of the ultra-rich taking advantage of people in need...sounds familiar. Plus ça change plus c’est pareil. Well said...well-done.
At the end of the book Ms. Hannah tell us that she took writer’s liberties in enhancing her narrative to make reading most pleasant and she did it with finesse and excellence...
I received this ARC from St-Martin’s via NetGalleys
This historical fiction is one that whisked me away into another time and place not only with its uplifting read but also for its richness of words and excellent portrayal of the American Dream seen through the eyes of a strong-willed woman whose actions will change the life of generations to come. What a great timing for this book being published during the pandemic a time when workers are out of work and some are losing all they have. During the depression people had little or no help at all from their governments.
This is heart-wrenching and a tear jerking story from the opening page till the story warps up. Close to 500 pages of a very exhausting read. What we have are pages after pages of griefs, suffering, tragedies, despair, hunger and most of all the feeling of powerlessness.….. and a story of the ultra-rich taking advantage of people in need...sounds familiar. Plus ça change plus c’est pareil. Well said...well-done.
At the end of the book Ms. Hannah tell us that she took writer’s liberties in enhancing her narrative to make reading most pleasant and she did it with finesse and excellence...
I received this ARC from St-Martin’s via NetGalleys
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