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Elsa Wolcott and her family live through the unrelenting harshness of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression in Kristin Hannahâs novel The Four Winds (2021). Elsa unexpectedly gets pregnant and quickly married in one of the worst times of the twentieth century. She becomes a farmer, has two kids, learns the difficulties of surviving as a single mother, and struggles with unending drought. She migrates to California, only to get caught up in the exploitative system of capitalism. After fighting for so long, her life ends in tragedy. Such was the fate of many Americans in that era, and Elsaâs story sheds light on many of the problems they faced.