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Kristin Hannah's The Four Winds is Trending at the Library
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If you enjoyed it, or if you're waiting for it, try one of these great read-alikes!
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The tilted world : a novel
by Tom Franklin
In 1927, as the Mississippi river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, two federal revenue agents investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents on the trail of a local bootlegger and make a discovery that pits them against a saboteur, forcing them to make desperate choices.
Available on Overdrive and eReadIllinois
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The exiles : a novel
by Christina Baker Kline
Sent to a Tasmanian penal colony after conceiving her employer’s grandchild, a young governess befriends a talented midwife and an orphaned Aboriginal chief’s daughter while confronting the harsh realities of British colonialism and oppression in 19th-century Australia. (historical fiction).
Available in print and on Overdrive
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A piece of the world : a novel
by Christina Baker Kline
Imagines the life story of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth's painting "Christina's World," describing the simple life she led on a remote Maine farm, her complicated relationship with her family, and the illness that incapacitated her.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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As Bright As Heaven
by Susan Meissner
The award-winning author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean presents a tale set in 1918 Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic and traces the experiences of a family reeling from the losses of loved ones and changes in their adopted city, a situation that is further shaped by their decision to take in an orphaned infant.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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The women in the castle
by Jessica Shattuck
In a novel set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, three widows' lives and fates become intertwined. By the author of The Hazards of Good Breeding. Includes reading-group guide and bonus chapter. A New York Times best-seller.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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The stars are fire : a novel
by Anita Shreve
When her volunteer firefighter husband goes missing during Maine's Great Fires of 1947, a pregnant Grace Holland finds her life irrevocably changed and is forced to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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The grapes of wrath
by John Steinbeck
Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
Encompassing two generations and a rich blend of Chinese and American history, the story of four struggling, strong women also reveals their daughter's memories and feelings.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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Room : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
A 5-year-old narrates a riveting story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinoiis
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The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
by Timothy Egan
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist brings together an oral history of the American Dust Bowl that devastated the Great Plains during the Great Depression, following several families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region and their desperate struggle to persevere despite the devastation.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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Water for elephants : a novel
by Sara Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope. Reader's Guide included.
Available in print (English and Spanish), on Playaway, on audiobook CD, and on Overdrive
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I will send rain : a novel
by Rae Meadows
In 1934, as the earliest storms of the Dust Bowl descend on the Bell farm in Mulehead, Oklahoma, Annie Bell and her husband and children struggle against hardship as the wheat harvest dries out and people around them pack up to leave.
Available in print
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Some luck
by Jane Smiley
Follows the triumphs and tragedies of Rosanna and Walter Langdon and their five children on their Iowa farm from 1920 through the early 1950s.
Available in print, on Overdrive, and on eReadIllinois
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By starlight
by Dorothy Garlock
While running an illegal speakeasy in Colton, Montana during the Great Depression, Maddy Aldridge must keep her secret from Jack Rucker, an ex-boyfriend who broke her heart and who is now a Prohibition agent working undercover.
Available in large print and on Overdrive
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