Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for partnering with me on this giveaway.
It’s summer which is the perfect time to start a book club, join a book club, or to offer up a great suggestion for a book club! And, The Great Alone, is a perfect book for this!
The Great Alone is an intense and unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska—a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses 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 last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
Win a Book Club Kit!
Plan your next book club party with The Great Alone! Enter for a chance to win 5 copies of the book, matching lapel buttons, plus a $100 gift card to Wine.com.
Giveaway open to US addresses only.
Prizing and samples provided by St. Martin’s Press.
Check out the author, Kristin Hannah, discussing her writing process, inspiration and her obvious love of Alaska.
Looking for some book club conversation? There are discussion questions that you can use here.
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