First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have nots evolves a drama that is intensely human...

On a hot summer day in 1932, Andy Connors, who owns a garage that serves Route 66, finds himself in major trouble: He's been bitten by a rabid skunk.

It's 1931 and Eliza Wyatt is a widow with three young children. She faces mounting debts and the survival of her family is all up to her. They have a chance if she can keep the family orchard afloat, but she has no idea how to run it alone. And the bank is about to foreclose on the mortgage. When Gabe Harper appears at her doorstep, Eliza guesses he's no different than the other men looking for work in exchange for shelter and a hot meal. Her children...

2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...

For sister and brother, Lily and Robert Brewster and the rest of Hudson Valley, the dark days of the Depression mean deprivation all around. Their poor town has lost its post office and now the mail gets dumped at the train station. When Robert helps a young widow haul her newly arrived German grandfather's trunks home, he thinks he may have found a new set of friends. But when a swastika is found painted on the widow's window, and the train porter...

It is the 1930sm and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another.

"The fourth and final novel of the Millwood Hollow series finds Jeb Nubey and Fern Coulter finally setting a wedding date, but visiting Fern's family in Oklahoma proves unexpectedly rocky"--Provided by the publisher.

"The third novel in the Millwood Hollow Series about an unlikely hero and a ragtag trio of orphans in racially segregated 1930s Arkansas"--Provided by the publisher.