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This book was at the top of my list for "worst book that I had to read in high-school." I remember it was long, boring and a very painful read! However I was determined to give it another chance from an adult's perspective. For the first 3 chapters I had urges to throw my Kindle across the room, but I forced myself to keep going. In the end I really liked it! I think as a teenager I didn't have enough appreciation of history or enough life experiences to empathize with the characters. I loved the inter-chapters that seemed lyrical in prose and how the book alternated between the big picture and the Joad family.
I also read and highly recommend The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. National Book Award winner for Nonfiction in 2006. Available at Kindle Unlimited, Oyster and Overdrive libraries.
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