The Great Alone: A story of love, heartbreak and survival from the worldwide bestselling author of The Four Winds

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From the worldwide number one bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss. 'A master storyteller' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes' - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming 'A masterclass' - Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours '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. With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.

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A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes -- Kate Morton, author of Homecoming
I didnt just love this book, I became obsessed with it [. . .] The characters were flawed and vulnerable, strong and nave, and Hannah has delivered a masterclass in all the different ways love can both save us and destroy us. She is an absolutely lyrical writer [. . . ] she perfectly captures and evokes the majesty and splendid isolation of Alaska and it feels a privilege to have journeyed there with her. This is a story that will stay with me for a long, long time. -- Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours
Epic . . . By the end, I was surrounded by snow drifts of tissues damp with my tears * Washington Post *
Great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel -- Isabel Allende on The Nightingale
Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion -- Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants on The Nightingale
Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy. Youll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob -- Daily Mail on The Nightingale

Author Bio

Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 20 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.