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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

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Mar 22, 2019 Anne ✨ Finds Joy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, favorite-fic-hist

I thought this book captured the beauty and harshness of Alaska (and of life) so well! The domestic violence aspect was definitely hard to read about, but the story line really drew me in with its depth, and I loved all the different turns it took.

I listened on audio, and was riveted, listening pretty much straight through. Julia Whelan's narration suited the book really well, and the listening experience reminded me of her narration of Educated. ...more

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Nov 07, 2018 SandyL rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: content-abuse, genre-historical, content-ptsd, content-made-me-cry, genre-chick-lit, setting-alaska, z-audiobook, content-kids, zz-wheel-18, 400-499-pgs

This was a tough book. I can't say I liked it, but it was very well written. Lenora Albright and her parents, Ernt and Cora, move to Alaska when her dad inherits some property. Her dad suffers from PTSD and alcoholism and can't keep a job, and the inheritance seems to be something good in their life. And, for a time, things are good, But they can't outrun Ernt's problems and his anger and jealousy set a lot of tragic things in motion. This book was depressing and, although I know there are thous ...more

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