A former lawyer turned writer, she lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest. KRISTIN HANNAH is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including The Nightingale and The Great Alone. The Four Winds, an instant New York Times number one bestseller and 2022 Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, is a deeply moving story about the strength and. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman who will discover the best in herself in the worst of times. 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 crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. "If I close my eyes, I can still taste the dust." The Four Winds, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, is an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Click Here for Book Club Discussion Questions and a Special Book Club Kit!
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Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. The Dragon's Promise picks up immediately after Six Crimson Cranes. Fans of Shadow and Bone will devour this soaring fantasy. From the critically acclaimed author of Six Crimson Cranes comes the thrilling next adventure! A journey to the kingdom of dragons, a star-crossed love, and a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world or break it. PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH LIM Magic leaps from every page of Lims exquisite fairytale. Only one of the three doctors knew enough of the latest medical practices to even question repeating the treatment. Morbidly engrossed in the death scene of a stoic George Washington, I felt the horror of modern hindsight as I read of the extent of bloodletting used by the doctors at Mount Vernon in their well-meaning attempts to save him. Thus primed, I started chapter one, and found the book hard to put down. 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