Alaska 1974 Untamed Unpredictable A story of a family in crisis struggling to survive at the edge of the world it is also a story of young & enduring love'I didn't just love this book I became obsessed with it Hannah has delivered a masterclass in all the different ways love can both save us & destroy us'
- Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Karen Swan Cora Allbright & her husband Ernt a recently-returned Vietnam veteran scarred by the war uproot their thirteen year old daughter Leni to start a new life in Alaska Utterly unprepared for the weather & the isolation but welcomed by the close-knit community they fight to build a home in this harsh beautiful wilderness At once an epic story of human survival & love & an intimate portrait of a family tested beyond endurance The Great Alone offers a glimpse into a vanishing way of life in America With her trademark combination of elegant prose & deeply drawn characters Kristin Hannah has delivered an enormously powerful story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit & the remarkable & enduring strength of women About the highest stakes a family can face & the bonds that can tear a community apart this is a novel as spectacular & powerful as Alaska itself It is the finest example of Kristin Hannah's ability to weave together the deeply personal with the universal'I didn't just love this book I became obsessed with it Hannah has delivered a masterclass in all the different ways love can both save us & destroy us'
- Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Karen Swan