The family is ill-prepared for their new life but fortunately fellow homesteaders take them under their wings. Their accommodations are RUSTIC, as in no electricity, grow and kill your own food rustic. When Ernt finds out a dead army buddy left him a cabin in Alaska, he jumps at the chance for a new start and hauls his family in their VW bus up to the Alaskan wilderness. Cora and Ernt are locked in a toxic relationship, leaving Lena to often play the role of the adult in the family. Lena is close to her mother, Cora, but Cora has some serious flaws of her own. Flawed before he headed to Vietnam, several years as a POW absolutely broke him. Unfortunately, things aren’t good at home. Lena is always the new girl at school, which makes it hard to make friends. Her dad keeps getting fired from his jobs and uprooting Lena and her mother to search for work. Lena Allbright is a teenager who has lived a lonely life. (This in no way affects the honesty of my reviews!) All commissions will be donated to the ALS Association.įirst, a quick summary of The Great Alone:

As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission, at no additional cost to you, from qualifying purchases. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links. Do you like novels that make you shed a whole lot of tears? Do I have the book for you! With The Great Alone, author Kristin Hannah (who also wrote The Nightingale) delivers a heartwrenching story about love, family and resilience, set in the rugged Alaskan wilderness.

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