All 109 chapters of the most sad depressing story I have ever read. (Or rather listened to - did the Audible Version) Had hoped for a better ending but as it was it just ended up as it began. Nothing exciting ever happens in 1930's Kansas other than the dust storms, and like one of those dust storms, this book seemed to go everywhere and nowhere. In the end nobody was really better off than they were in the beginning, they were just different and in a few cases worse. If it was bad and could happen, it happened, and just when you thought the story was going to take a turn for the better they would get hit with some fresh new catastrophe. Historically though, it was very accurate. In fact I started watching the Ken Burns Documentary about the Dust Bowl while reading this and everything in the story lines up quite well. If you're looking for a happy ending go look elsewhere.