![]() He has been given a rickety, ramshackle pathetic excuse of a shack by a wartime friend. Ernt, the father, a former POW back from Vietnam and suffering from what is now known as PTSD, is hell-bent to escape the civilized world. The only child of the Allbright family, 13-year-old daughter Leni, goes with her parents from Seattle to the most remote country of backwoods Alaska in the ‘70s. But in her latest, “The Great Alone,” she takes you miles away to our 49th state, immersing the reader in the grandiosity, splendor, dangers and difficulties of the four seasons of Alaska, giving each one a personality, as they become characters in this saga. ![]() Her best-selling books, including “The Nightingale,” “Firefly Lane” and “Winter Garden,” attest to that. ![]() ![]() When you read a book by Kristin Hannah, you can expect excellent character development and lush descriptions of scenery. ![]()
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