The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

An empty flagpole pointed accusingly upward, a statement about her father’s hatred of where this country was headed. For a man whom Mama called a patriot, he sure hated his government.

Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place.

SUCH A THIN VEIL separated the past from the present; they existed simultaneously in the human heart.

But like all women’s stories, mine has more to it than sometimes appears on the surface.