The Great Alone
Alaska, 1974.Untamed.Unpredictable.A story of a family in crisis struggling to survive at the edge of the world, it is also a story of young and enduring love. Cora Allbright and her husband, Ernt - a recently returned Vietnam veteran scarred by the war - uproot their thirteen-year-old daughter,...
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Alaska, 1974.Untamed.Unpredictable.A story of a family in crisis struggling to survive at the edge of the world, it is also a story of young and enduring love. Cora Allbright and her husband, Ernt - a recently returned Vietnam veteran scarred by the war - uproot their thirteen-year-old daughter, Leni, to start a new life in Alaska. Utterly unprepared for the weather and th
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ISBN:
9781447286004
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages no: 440
Edition language: English
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah Which would you rather do? Die by freezing, starving or being mauled to death by “Alaska” or die at the hands of your abusive, PTSD addled father? Hannah has written a tense, terrifying love story. But is it a story of love for the beautiful wildness of Alas...
Every once in a while, if you're lucky, you come across a book that is always on your mind. You find yourself at work, the grocery store, yoga class, wondering what the characters are doing, if they're okay, what adventure lies ahead. The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah, is one of those books. It...
I thought this novel moved quickly, it covered a lot of ground. There were times though that I wanted the novel to move even faster, as the scene unfolding was brutal and it seemed as if time stood still. The landscape provided for a volatile tale and the characters inside this novel filled-in the r...
The setup and the beginning of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is intense in the characters, the setting, the situation, and the emotion. It has a sympathetic main character to care about. The events seem frighteningly real. However, as the book proceeds, it seems like a race to incorporate every ...
A special thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Kristin Hannah's newest book takes place in Alaska in the 70s and 80s. The land is wild, unpredictable, and harsh. The Allbrights think Alaska will be their salvation, but for a family in turmoil...
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