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Because Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath is one of your favorites, you might be interested in reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. It is about life in the Dust Bowl. The story is heartbreaking, but gives us a vivid picture of what it was like to try to survive in that time and place. The story shows the reader how spoiled and lucky we are now to be able to have what we need, to take day-to-day basic needs for granted. Their houses filled with blowing sand, coming in through even the smallest cracks. Their clothing was ripped by the strength and sharpness of those particles. Nothing grew. The livestock died. If they gave up and headed to California, they were often met by man’s inhumanity to man and basically enslaved. That awful time was not even a hundred years ago. The Four Winds is historic fiction. The characters are made up but the portrayal of the times is not. Sometimes we need to be reminded through perspective. Boomer |
Some may laugh, but the Harry Potter series is quite a tale. It gets darker and darker, and you progress through the books. I picked up and put down the first book many times before forcing myself to finish it. By the last couple books, I was staying up all night reading them.
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A land Remembered
I love that book! Elegant in its simplicity and engaging as the story of Florida. A great read. Also love the Gabriel Allon books by Daniel Silva.
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