The Great Alone: From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale

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The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love, loss and the remarkable and enduring strength of women from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women, The Four Winds and The Nightingale.'A master storyteller' – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing'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.Praise for Kristin Hannah‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’ – Kate Morton‘Utterly absorbing . . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie GarmusReaders love The Great Alone‘Enthralling! Be prepared to laugh, cry, and everything in between’‘A book that will both transport you and transform you’‘Heartbreaking in the best way’‘Laughed, wept, couldn’t put it down’‘Captivating, emotional and beautifully written’

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by Kristin Hannah (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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B075QJ696R

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Every once in a while, you find a book that doesn't just tell you a story—it pulls you in so deeply that you can almost feel the bite of the winter wind and the warmth of a flickering hearth. And your heart bursts open - what a book!Kristin Hannah has a way of making the Alaskan wilderness feel like a living, breathing character that challenges the soul.The Great Alone was that book for me. I was absolutely captivated from the very first page and found it impossible to put down.Kristin Hannah is, quite simply, a fabulous writer. She has this extraordinary gift for exploring the resilience of the human spirit and the complicated, beautiful bonds of family. Her prose is raw, honest, and so evocative that I felt I was living alongside Leni in the Alaskan wilderness, learning what it truly means to survive and to love.To me, reading is a conscious way to choose joy—even when a story is bittersweet—because it expands our empathy and connects us to the wilder parts of ourselves.If you are looking for your next great read, this is the book. It is a hauntingly beautiful reminder of the strength we find when we are pushed to our limits.A stunning masterpiece that I will be thinking about for a long time.