Kristin Hannah discusses THE FOUR WINDS on Authors on the Air

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Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, Winter Garden, Night Road, and Firefly Lane. Her new novel, THE FOUR WINDS currently sits at #1 and has received over 16,000 positive reviews. Her novel, The Nightingale, has been published in 43 languages and is currently in movie production at TriStar Pictures, which also optioned her novel, The Great Alone. Her novel, Home Front has been optioned for film by 1492 Films (produced the Oscar-nominated The Help) with Chris Columbus attached to direct. Kristin is a former-lawyer-turned writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband. Her novel, Firefly Lane, became a runaway bestseller in 2009, a touchstone novel that brought women together, and The Nightingale, in 2015 was voted a best book of the year by Amazon, Buzzfeed, iTunes, Library Journal, Paste, The Wall Street Journal and The Week. Additionally, the novel won the coveted Goodreads and People’s Choice Awards. The audiobook of The Nightingale won the Audiobook of the Year Award in the fiction category.
THE FOUR WINDS: Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa-like so many of her neighbors-must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.
The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it-the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, 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

[@breebeal3344]

The Four Winds is the first book I've read by Kristin Hannah. I finished it today. The book is wonderful. I've never read anything like it before. I also purchased four of Hannah's previous books today and I'm excited to start reading The Great Alone. This was an excellent interview! :)

[@lindahaggerty7787]

The "Nightingale " was wonderful.. I love her

[@aboutmygirls]

Just read a book where they describe the characters eyes over and over and it drove me insane!!! Loved The Four Winds from the first page to the last...and bawled my eyes out. Great conversation!

[@jennifergray6795]

Just finished her book, listening to Kristen describe the thought process of the book and the work that was put into it, really helped me understand certain aspects of the book. Thanks for this interview!

[@margaretmacbride7434]

My book club is discussing this book today Hello From Grimsby Ontario

[@Colinchaplin07]

Just read this book for school. So so so powerful and important today. Loved it front to back.

[@LolaTarly_2018]

Listening to the audio now. Love it!! I’m going to get her other books. A soap star recommended the nightingale during this hibernation period she read it. 🤗

[@shirleym7918]

What a wonderful interview. I have watched/listened to a number of interviews by this author and this was the best by far. Great dialogue on the 'dust up' over communism. I too was very surprised to see this was an issue for some. It's history. I also loved hearing more about how the author writes and creates. And the book is fabulous. Best of the year for me.

[@margaretmacbride7434]

My book club is discussing this book today Hello Grimsby Ontario

[@Buffaloc]

Every couple of years I read book that is so good that I am sad when I have finished the book. 'The Four Winds' is such a book.

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