The Great Alone: A Novel

By Mar Albacar i Morgó, Kristin Hannah

Subjects: Fiction, coming of age, Veterans, Women, Ex-prisoners of war, FICTION / Family Life, Fiction, family life, general, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Household Moving, FICTION / Family Life / General, Dysfunctional families, Families, Large type books, Abusive men, New York Times bestseller, Wilderness survival, FICTION / Women, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-02-25, Fiction, family life, Survival, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Fiction, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2019-10-13, Alaska, fiction, FICTION / Contemporary Women

Description: It is 1974 when Leni Allbright's impulsive father Ernt decides the family is moving to Alaska. But the Alaskan winter is just as unforgiving as Ernt, and life quickly becomes a struggle for survival.