The Great Alone

From the worldwide primary bestselling writer of The Nightingale comes Kristin Hannah’s The Nice Alone, a daring, lovely, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss.

Goodreads Historic Novel of the Yr.

A girl needs to be powerful as metal up right here. You possibly can’t rely on anybody to save lots of you and your youngsters. You need to be prepared to save lots of yourselves.

13-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught within the riptide of her mother and father’ passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will result in a greater future for her household, and a spot to belong. Her mom, Cora, will do something and go wherever for the person she loves, even when it means following him into the unknown.

As Leni grows up within the shadow of her mother and father’ more and more unstable marriage, she meets Matthew. And Matthew – considerate, variety, courageous – makes her imagine in the potential of a greater life . . .

Together with her trademark mixture of stylish prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the outstanding and enduring energy of girls.

‘A wealthy, compelling novel of affection, sacrifice and survival, as epic because the Alaskan panorama it so vividly describes’ – Kate Morton, writer of The Home at Riverton

`A masterclass’ – Karen Swan