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\nAlaska\, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis\, t
he ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbright\, a former POW\, come s home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job\, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family nort h\, to Alaska\, where they will live off the grid in America&rsquo\;s last true frontier.
\nThirteen-year-old Leni\, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time\, caught in the riptide of her parents&rsquo\; passionate \, stormy relationship\, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a bett er future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her moth er\, Cora\, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves\, even if it means following him into the unknown.
\nAt first\, Alaska seem s to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild\, remote corner of the stat e\, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stro nger women. The long\, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make u p for the Allbrights&rsquo\; lack of preparation and dwindling resources.< /p>\n
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska\, Ernt&rs quo\;s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture . Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In th eir small cabin\, covered in snow\, blanketed in eighteen hours of night\, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In t he wild\, there is no one to save them but themselves.
\nIn this unf orgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience\, Kristin Hannah revea ls the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. T he Great Alone is a daring\, beautiful\, stay-up-all-night story about lov e and loss\, the fight for survival\, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
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