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Author:

Hannah, Kristin, author.

Title:

The great alone / Kristin Hannah.

Edition:

First St. Martin's Griffin edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

549 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
Moving, Household--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Abusive men--Fiction.
Ex-prisoners of war--Fiction.
Wilderness survival--Fiction.
Alaska--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Book club set.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide.

Summary:

Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move to Kaneq, AK. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals want to help out, especially classmate Matthew Walker, who likes everything about Leni. Yet the harsh conditions bring out the worst in Ernt, whose paranoia takes over their lives and exacerbates what Leni sees as the toxic relationship between her parents. The Allbrights are as green as greenhorns can be, and even first love must endure unimaginable hardship and tragedy as the wilderness tries to claim more victims.

ISBN:

1250229537
9781250229533

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1079858198

Locations:

LHPD057 -- Audubon Public Library (Audubon) — FIC

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

HFPB765 -- Gilmore City Public Library (Gilmore City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

RKPA371 -- Rippey Public Library (Rippey)