



But there was something compelling about reading about the Great Depression and all the deprivation a year into Covid lockdown. I rarely read best sellers because they are best sellers and wait for the fervor to die down to read a much-hyped book. The Four Winds ( Amazon) 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.” 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.
