I Will Send Rain : A Novel

from susan0316

I enjoyed Grapes of Wrath years ago and this is a period in history that has always interested me. I Will Send Rain is a novel that presents life during the Dust Bowl in all of its grittiness and the struggle that the families went through when their farms were no longer producing enough to keep ...

from readaholic12

Well written historical fiction set in the Dust Bowl years. The main characters are compelling in their struggles with the climate, their faith and each other in the face of unrelenting adversity. The events that shape the Bell family and their community are heartwrenching to witness, but the sto...

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I Will Send The Rain written by Rae Meadows While reading this book I was drawn in remembrance to reading The Grapes of Wrath about the dust bowl. Unlike the Joads exodus in The Grapes Of Wrath to California, the Bells stay in Oklahoma and try to scrap up a semblance of life. Through the drudgery...

from Maydacat

Dust is everywhere, and although the inhabitants of this Oklahoma town don't know it yet, it is only the beginning. Author Rae Meadows gives us a fresh look at this well-known topic. Annie and her husband have known tragedy in their hard-scrabble life, but none like what will come with the onset ...

from Brenda63

Excellent portrayal of how despair can tear a family apart. As the dust grinds away at the minds and souls of the people in the Great Plains, some take their lives, some move away, and some like Annie stay desperately seeking the life the came to the Great Plains for. As old hurts are revealed an...