The Great Alone

About this book

It is 1974 when Leni Allbright's impulsive father Ernt decides the family is moving to Alaska. But the Alaskan winter is just as unforgiving as Ernt, and life quickly becomes a struggle for survival.

Subjects

  • abusive men
  • alaska, fiction
  • dysfunctional families
  • ex-prisoners of war
  • families
  • fiction
  • fiction, coming of age
  • fiction / contemporary women
  • fiction / family life
  • fiction, family life
  • fiction / family life / general
  • fiction, family life, general
  • fiction / women
  • household moving
  • large type books
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-02-25
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2019-10-13
  • post-traumatic stress disorder
  • survival
  • veterans
  • vietnam war, 1961-1975
  • vietnam war (1961-1975) fast (ocolc)fst01431664
  • wilderness survival
  • women