The great alone, Kristin Hannah
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The great alone, Kristin Hannah
Language
eng
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no index present
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fiction
Main title
The great alone
Oclc number
1015280775
Responsibility statement
Kristin Hannah
Summary
"In 1974, a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace, restoration, and freedom. They will also face dangers, both internally and externally, as they face the ultimate test of the human spirit"--, Provided by publisherLenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to move from Seattle to Kaneq, AK. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals want to help out, especially Lenora's classmate Matthew Walker. Yet the harsh conditions bring out the worst in Ernt, whose paranoia takes over their lives and exacerbates what Leni sees as the toxic relationship between her parents
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- Domestic fiction
- Wilderness survival
- Fiction
- Ex-prisoners of war -- Fiction
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Alaska -- Fiction
- Wilderness survival -- Fiction
- Survival
- 1961-1975
- FICTION + Literary
- Ex-prisoners of war
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 + Veterans -- Fiction
- Abusive men
- Large type books
- Veterans
- Survival -- Fiction
- Abusive men -- Fiction
- Alaska
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- Domestic fiction
- Wilderness survival
- Fiction
- Ex-prisoners of war -- Fiction
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Alaska -- Fiction
- Wilderness survival -- Fiction
- Survival
- 1961-1975
- FICTION + Literary
- Ex-prisoners of war
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 + Veterans -- Fiction
- Abusive men
- Large type books
- Veterans
- Survival -- Fiction
- Abusive men -- Fiction
- Alaska
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- Author1
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