![]() With beauty and grit, The Great Alone explores identity, isolation, love, and survival in sisterhood. The novel’s evocative descriptions of Alaska’s unforgiving climate bring a definite sense of place to the story of 13-year-old Leni Allbright’s harrowing journey into womanhood. ![]() The Great Alone is set in Alaska in 1974, but its themes - the experience of womanhood, trauma, and personal survival - have special resonance today. Her latest novel examines a different type of women’s war, one that speaks to the pressing issues raised by #MeToo and #TimesUp. ![]() ![]() KRISTIN HANNAH, the author of over 20 novels, is best known for her New York Times best seller and Wall Street Journal Book of the Year The Nightingale, a story of sisterhood and resistance in World War II–era France. ![]()
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