Rivers of Dust

By Brenda O'Bannion

The Dust Bowl took their land. The Depression took their hope. But God wasn't finished with their story.

The McCoy family has lost everything to the Dust Bowl-their farm, their livelihood, their dreams. With two young daughters and nowhere to go, they join thousands of displaced families searching for hope in a desperate nation. Sleeping in tent cities, struggling to find work, and watching their carefully built life crumble to dust, Mary Beth fights a growing bitterness that threatens to destroy her marriage and her faith.

Miles away, fourteen-year-old Thacker rides the rails westward, learning the lessons of hobo life while carrying the weight of his mother's desperate hopes. Escaping an abusive stepfather, he navigates a dangerous world of railway bulls, hungry drifters, and the unforgiving landscape of Depression-era America.

As their journeys converge in an oil boom town of East Texas, both the McCoys and Thacker will discover that sometimes losing everything is the only way to find what matters most.

Rivers of Dust offers historical authenticity, multiple perspectives, and deeply human characters facing impossible choices. From the auction block where the McCoys watch their lives sold piece by piece, to Thacker's harrowing journey across the Southwest, this story explores timeless questions: How do we maintain hope when circumstances crush us? What does it mean to truly trust God's provision? How do faith and suffering coexist? When do we hold on, and when must we let go?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950481573
• ISBN13: 9781950481576
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Tranquility Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"