About the book: 2021 / An epic novel of love, heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of the most defining eras in American history, the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions of people are out of work and the Great Plains are stricken by years of drought. Farmers are struggling to save the remains of their crops, the water has almost dried up, and dust threatens to swallow them all. Regular dust storms have turned the recently fertile region into a desert. In this terrible time, the Martinelli family, like their farming neighbors, must make a painful choice: stay on the land they love, or go West to California in search of a better life. Elsa, a courageous woman to whom life has not shown much favor since a young age, worries, first of all, about her two children, who have already forgotten what rain is, what it’s like to eat your fill and what decent clothes look like. They no longer live, but survive, and the moment has come when Elsa has no choice: if she wants to save the children, she must decide to leave her home, go into the unknown, hoping that there they will find prosperity. “Four Winds” is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, seen through the eyes of an indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice would define an entire generation..