Cora is very much in love with her husband and believes his time in Vietnam has made him sick, she knows instinctively that his issues are a result of the horrors he witnessed during the war. He believes that a move to the wilderness in Alaska is just what he needs. Ernt has returned from Vietnam a changed man, he spent several years in a POW camp and he came home with recurring nightmares, anger issues, and dissatisfaction with life. All this packs an emotional punch that leaves me thinking of the book long after I read the last page.Ĭora Allbright and her husband Ernt, and their 11-year-old daughter, Leni, decide to move to Alaska. Gorgeous descriptions of the beauty of Alaska, and deep and dark secrets all in a sweeping family drama. The Great Alone By Kristin Hannah is an emotional family drama that had me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the newcomers’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.īut as winter approaches and darkness descends, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates.

In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, the Allbrights find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promises her family a better future. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.Ĭora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. Seattle Times’s “Books to Look Forward to in 2018”Īlaska, 1974. #1 New York Times Instant Bestseller (February 2018)īuzzfeed’s “Most Anticipated Women’s Fiction Reads of 2018” In Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature. Reading Challenges: 2022 Audiobook Challenge

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