Courage is Continuing On

A few days ago, I blogged about an incident from the book, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.  Well I finished the book.  Here is my review.

 The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah is a "tissue box beside you book". It is the story of Elsa who in the first chapter is a poor soul. She is destined to be an "old maid" because she is unattractive and sickly. But by the last chapter, she is a brave warrior.

The setting is the Great Depression years in Texas and California. Elsa is kicked out by her biological family because she is pregnant. The baby's father's family takes her in because after all, she is carrying their grandchild. This family not only physically takes her in; they take her to their hearts. This is the loving family everyone needs.
Unfortunately, the Great Depression turns Texas into a dust bowl. Misfortunate is too much to bear and Elsa heads off to California only to find that they treat these desperate people running from the dust bowl worse than lepers. This is where you need to locate the box of tissues.
Conditions are so terrible that communism sounds good. At least organizing workers start making sense. Elsa becomes involved. It turns out that she really is a warrior and she learns that courage is continuing on in spite of your fear.