A World Beyond This One

 

This isn't a book review because I haven't finished the book yet.  The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is about a lady who is a brave, courageous, loyal, hardworking, faithful mother.  The setting is Depression times.  Life is unbelievably hard.  

It's Christmas time and the thirteen-year-old, Loreda, got a library card, for her only present.  And that was more than many in their camp.  When I got to that part, I just cried.  

When you think of it, a library card is the best gift ever! 

That card, that's the real gift.  It can take you anywhere, Loreda. Loreda's fingers traced the card reverently.  Elsa knew that a library card--a thing they'd taken for granted all of their lives--meant there was still a future.  A world beyond this struggle.

Libraries are invaluable.