Description
Product ID: | 9781035030972 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Great Alone |
Subtitle: | A Story of Love, Heartbreak and Survival From the Worldwide Bestselling Author of The Four Winds |
Authors: | Author: Kristin Hannah |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Historical romance, Historical romance, Alaska, 20th century |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A gripping novel of family dynamics, heartbreak and hope which tugs at the heartstrings, set against the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, from the bestselling author of The Nightingale. <p><b><i>The Great Alone</i> is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss from the number one bestselling author of <i>The Four Winds</i>, <i>The Nightingale </i>and <i>The Women</i>.</b><br><br>‘A master storyteller’<b> - Delia Owens,</b> author of <i>Where the Crawdads Sing</i><br><br><i>‘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’</i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.</b><br><br>‘A masterclass’<b> - Karen Swan,</b> author of <i>The Stolen Hours</i><br><br>‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’<b> - Kate Morton, </b>author of <i>Homecoming</i></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-12-21 |