*Goes out and purchases all of Kristin Hannah's back list of books.*

Holy. Moly. 

When I started this book, while I was enjoying the audio, I had no expectation of falling in crazy love with it! 

This is following a family from Oklahoma during the Great Depression and 'dust bowl' that moves West in order to provide for & save their family. Elsa Walcott wasn't suppose to live, let alone find love, a family, and a life with meaning. Together with her children; she is fighting for their lives in this moving (and tearful at times) novel. 

Not only did I love the story as a fiction novel; but it created a sincere interest in this time in American History, which much like the time we're currently living in, was filled with much uncertainty. I'll definitely being doing some research and finding more to read about this time period.

The audio narrator did a FANTASTIC job and making you feel like you were living right there in the story with Elsa and again; I just can't say enough about this book. I'll be thinking about it for a long time to come!