#1 New York Times bestseller from the author of the celebrated novel The Nightingale
Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, it is the ultimate test of survival.
1974. Ernt Allbright returns home from the Vietnam War a changed man. He is restless, suffers from nightmares, and can't hold down a job. When, by a twist of fate, a cabin in Alaska falls into his lap, he decides to move his whole family there. This wild, beautiful, and independent land is to become their new home, where they will finally live happily ever after. His thirteen-year-old daughter, Leni, also hopes that a new start together will at least somewhat calm her parents' tumultuous relationship.
Upon their arrival in Alaska, it at first seems that their new sanctuary and the community of rugged, strong men and even stronger women will truly be the cure for all their troubles. But when winter comes, Ernt's mental state deteriorates sharply, and the Allbright family begins to fall apart uncontrollably. Along with the next blizzard, Leni and her mother are struck by a realisation they have been ignoring for so long: in the surrounding wilderness, no one will save them; if anyone is to help them, it must be themselves.
The Great Alone is a breathtaking story about human fragility and resilience, about beautiful but unforgiving nature, which judges everyone by the very same standard.
