This book is like lying down and letting someone kick you repeatedly.
Except if someone kicks you, at some point they might get tired and take a break.
This book just keeps kicking.
Right up until – and through – the end.
Call me weak, but I'm not a fan of that.

Positives:
This book conjured a vivid picture of what it was like to live through the Depression, deal with the Dust Bowl and be treated like an immigrant in California searching for a better life.

Negatives:
The characters were almost universally unsympathetic, whiney, selfish and unlikeable.
It felt melodramatic – even in hard times, I'm sure there were SOME highlights. This book had none.
The protagonist seemed to only find pleasure in sex. Otherwise her existence was miserable.
**MORE - I'm just too tired to chronicle them and I don't want to spoil the plot.

I hated this book from cover to cover. I would give it zero stars if I could.