InKristinHannah’sTheGreatAlone,adesperatefamilyseeksanewbeginninginthenear-isolatedwildernessofAlaskaonlytofindthattheirunpredictableenvironmentislessthreateningthantheerraticbehaviorfoundinhumannature.#1NewYorkTimesInstantBestseller(February2018)APeople“BookoftheWeek“Buzzfeed’s“MostAnticipatedWomen’sFictionReadsof2018“SeattleTimes’s“BookstoLookForwardtoin2018“Alaska,1974.ErntAllbrightcamehomefromtheVietnamWarachangedandvolatileman.Whenhelosesyetanotherjob,hemakestheimpulsivedecisiontomovehiswifeanddaughternorthwheretheywillliveoffthegridinAmerica’slasttruefrontier.Corawilldoanythingforthemansheloves,evenifmeansfollowinghimintotheunknown.Thirteen-year-oldLeni,caughtintheriptideofherparents’passionate,stormyrelationship,haslittlechoicebuttogoalong,daringtohopethisnewlandpromisesherfamilyabetterfuture.Inawild,remotecornerofAlaska,theAllbrightsfindafiercelyindependentcommunityofstrongmenandevenstrongerwomen.Thelong,sunlitdaysandthegenerosityofthelocalsmakeupforthenewcomers’lackofpreparationanddwindlingresources.Butaswinterapproachesanddarknessdescends,Ernt’sfragilementalstatedeteriorates.Soontheperilsoutsidepaleincomparisontothreatsfromwithin.Intheirsmallcabin,coveredinsnow,blanketedineighteenhoursofnight,Leniandhermotherlearntheterribletruth:theyareontheirown.
