The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss from the number one bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Women.
‘A master storyteller’ - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’ - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming
‘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.
With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.
‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours
Sofia
07/03/2024
Loved the book but the reader irritated me when trying to do a man’s voice.
Katri
01/01/2023
Pitkä tarina, jolle yhdessä ja toisessakin kohdassa jo ennakoin lopun, mutta kirjailijallapa olikin mielikuvitusta tehdä lisäkäänteitä, joilla tarinan lopusta tuli aivan huikea. Mieleen muistui väläyksiä 90-luvun Alaskaan sijoittuvasta Villi Pohjola -sarjasta ja juoni oli todella mukaansa tempaava ja henkilöhahmoihin kiintyi - tai vihastui! - voimakkaasti, koska he tuntuivat niin aidoilta. Lukija myös todella, todella hyvä!
V.M.L.
26/08/2022
Huikea tarina, välillä teki mieli huutaa turhautunut stopstop, välillä itketti ja välillä nauratti. Erinomainen lukija (Eng).
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