![]() Yet, she finds comfort and security from her in-laws and the friends she makes in the California migrant camps. Then, her husband painfully abandons her, and even her daughter rejects her due to misplaced anger and blame of Elsa. She has a forced marriage and feels the insecurity and lack of self-worth from rejection and isolation by her parents. Hannah engages us with a story of Elsa, who faces with daunting challenges. Dust Bowl survivalīut the story is not just about the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl or the challenges of finding work and acceptance in California. Hannah paints a vivid picture of the emotional toll of judgement and narrow stereotypes as well as the cruel impact of practices which benefit the landowners and punish the desperate migrants. ![]() ![]() Instead of the dream, they struggle to find any work to earn enough money to eat and to literally survive. ![]() In search of a better life, they grab onto the California dream. Three members of the Martinelli family leave Texas during the Dust Bowl, which destroyed their farm and threatened their young son’s life. ![]() Kristin Hannah has written a powerful historical novel with contemporary significance. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |