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The Great Alone: A Novel
by Kristin Hannah P

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Holtzbrinck Publishers (February 6, 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312577230
• ISBN-13: 978-0312577230
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

"A TOUR DE FORCE. " ― Kirkus (starred review)

Alaska, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family members in crisis, the ultimate test associated with survival.

Ernt Allbright, an ex POW, comes home through the Vietnam war a changed in addition to volatile man. When he loses however another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family members north, to Alaska, where they is going to live off the grid in America's last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a female coming of grow older in a tumultuous time, caught within the riptide of her parents' enthusiastic, stormy relationship, dares to hope a new land will lead to the better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will carry out anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if implies following him to the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their praying. In a wild, remote corner associated with the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong as well as even tougher women. The long, sunlit days in addition to the generosity of the locals replace with the Allbrights' lack of preparation in addition to dwindling resources.

Although as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside paler in comparison to threats from in. In their small cabin, covered within snow, blanketed in eighteen hours associated with night, Leni and her mother study the terrible truth: they are really on their own own. In the wild, there is definitely no one to save them Although themselves.

In this specific unforgettable portrait of human frailty in addition to resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American leader and the spirit of a disappearing Alaska―a host to incomparable beauty and threat. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man in addition to nature.

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