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The #1 New York Times Best Seller The latest audiobook sensation from Kristin Hannah, best-selling publisher of The Nightingale This program is read by acclaimed narrator Julia Whelan, whose enchanting voice brought Gone Gal and Fates and Furies alive. Kristin Hannah reads the acknowledgments. Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a previous POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a altered and volatile man. When he manages to lose yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's previous true frontier. Thirteen-year-old Leni, a woman coming old in a tumultuous time, found in the riptide of her parents' ardent, stormy romance, dares to hope a new land will lead to a much better future for her family. She actually is in need of a destination to belong. Her mother, Cora, can do anything and go everywhere for the man she loves, even if means pursuing him in to the unknown. Initially, Alaska appears to be the response to their prayers. Inside a wild, remote place of the state of hawaii, they find a fiercely impartial community of strong men and even more powerful women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights' insufficient prep and dwindling resources. But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family starts to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale compared to hazards from within. Within their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in 18 time of night time, Leni and her mother learn the awful truth: They may be on their own. In the wild, there is no-one to save lots of them but themselves. In this unforgettable portrait of real human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable figure of the present day American pioneer and the soul of an vanishing Alaska - a place of incomparable beauty and risk. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night audiobook about love and reduction, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and characteristics.
