Another Kindle first book but this one was much better than some of the others I have been reading. I generally enjoyed the book and I think it was well-written with a decent plot and characters. I did like the first half better than the second as others have noted as well. The first really focused on Aldine with the Price family being somewhat secondary. And the author's ability to describe the dust bowl and the depression during that time was the highlight of the book for me -- I could almost feel the dryness, the dust. In the second part of the book, she switches over to CA and to the rest of the Price family -- and I didn't find any of those characters (except maybe Neva) very strong or interesting. The end tidied everything up (almost) into a neat package and I was not disappointed.

It won't go on an all-time favorites list nor will it be one that I would read again. But it's a light, entertaining read.