The Great Alone
From the multimillion copy bestselling author of The Women, The Nightingale and The Four Winds
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The Great Alone
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Narrated by:
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Julia Whelan
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By:
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Kristin Hannah
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'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
In this 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.
‘A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves’
Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
As Leni grows up in the shadow of her parents’ increasingly volatile marriage, she meets Matthew. And Matthew – thoughtful, kind, and brave – makes her believe in the possibility of a better life.
‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours
‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’ - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming
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Amazing book
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This is the 3rd novel I have heard Julia Whelan narrate. While she is excellent, I do wish she wouldn't try to portray men and tough women through a downward shift in tone and pitch. All men, and even some women, over the age of 60 develop an old timer whistle between the teeth, while younger men are all drawn from the same stable. This has the effect of making the listener feel that any of the male characters could have been beamed up from another of her narrated novels, eg, when I first heard Ernt, the abusive husband/father in this novel, I felt I was right back in Tara Westover's 'Educated', where another toxic father held dominion over his helpless family.
it's a risk one always takes with Audible - the impression you receive of characters comes from the narrator rather than your own imagination - but it might just be time for Whelan to adjust her technique, otherwise this same father figure will be crawling through every one of the many books she narrates.
Raw, wild, intensely moving
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Sad and happy and engages all your emotions
Atmospheric
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a father who is suffering from post traumatic stress from the war keeps moving his wife and daughter to different states until they finally settle in Alaska they learn survival skills and decide to stay.
but the father has a mean streak and keeps his family close, mum and daughter are treading on egg shells around him.
Things go from bad to worse as the father can not hold the violence with in.
Epic
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Beautiful
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