The Great Alone
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4.5 • 67 Ratings
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska-a place of incomparable beauty and danger. 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 and nature.
‘A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves’
Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
As Leni grows up in the shadow of her parents’ increasingly volatile marriage, she meets Matthew. And Matthew – thoughtful, kind, and brave – makes her believe in the possibility of a better life.
‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours
‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’ - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming
Customer Reviews
The great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Beautifully written. I really enjoyed it.
The Great Alone
Wonderful novel, beautifully written and perfectly narrated.
This made me smile, laugh, cry and feel so angry that I wanted to scream. I so wanted to know how it all ended but on the other hand I didn’t want the story to ever end.
I know many who suffer from PTSD, I myself suffer from it and it’s a total nightmare, I also know that even in 2023 governments don’t do nearly enough to help the veterans who served, they prefer to throw them on the scrapheap and ignore the problem.
I’m now tasked with finding another book which makes me feel as this did.