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Four Winds, The

A Story of Family, Survival, and Belonging Author: Kristin Hannah Elsa is the sick one. The dowdy one. The forgotten sister. The unwanted child. When she makes a new red dress and has one night on the town, her parents shun her and give the few good things she has to her siblings. When it is revealed that she is pregnant by an engaged, Italian farmer, her family is done with her for good, dropping her at the Martinelli farm where her future becomes inextricable with the land. Rafe, the lover, loses his engagement, his chance at a college education, his [...]

2021-12-31T11:03:37-07:00November 20th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

Home Front

Parenthood and PTSD Author: Kristin Hannah I don’t come from or live in a military family.  I’ve never really been able to imagine how stressful it is to live with the knowledge that your loved one(s) could be shipped to a dangerous location at any time.  Thanks to Kristin Hannah, author of Home Front, I feel like I can more easily imagine, but could no more handle, the fear and anger and heavy mix of other emotions that comes with loving a soldier. Jolene is a pilot in the National Guard.  She’s been a member of the Army since she [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:08-07:00July 8th, 2012|Tags: , , |
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