The Great Alone

By: Kristin Hannah

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss from the number one bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and publishing February 2024, The Women.

‘A master storyteller’ - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes’ - Kate Morton, author of Homecoming

‘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’

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.

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.

With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.

‘A masterclass’ - Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours

©2018 Kristin Hannah (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio

Let this one be your next Kristin Hannah book!

Kristin Hannah's books are intense - to the point where sometimes I have to roll my eyes wondering if it can get any more extreme. But her storylines are brilliant and always find their way back gracefully to a redeeming end. The Great Alone is a great book for those that like long tales, the outdoors and plots with endless twists and turns. If you liked the Nightingale, read this book!!

Touching story

Narrator did was excellent, story gripping till the end, strongly, recommend it. I could paint the scenes as she described them.

Loved it.

Loved it, so well written. By far my favorite Kristen Hannah book. A love letter to Alaska

Incredibly moving.

This was one of the most incredibly moving stories I have read in a long time.
Wonderful descriptive writing.

Beautiful!

Finishing the book and feeling sorry I couldn't board a plane to go and see Alaska...
"Alone is overrated " totally agree with that statement.

loved all of it

i loved the story very mutch, narator was excelant as usual, could not stop lissening

Captivating

This is a book about family relationships and toxicity intertwined with love and the complications that cause broken lives.

It’s a book about self-sacrificing love and the power we have a people to achieve this, even in the face of great adversity.

It’s an ode to place and a people whose way of live differs so from modern culture and lifestyle, yet has its own beauty in hardship.

It’s was wonderful and heartbreaking and frightening and inspiring....

Nice novel

Very nice written novel. Readers could imagine the life and wild in Alaska and that because it was well described by the author. I think it is a little bit long and could be shorter.

Loved it

Loved it. The nature of Alaska is described beautifully. The story is intriguing, even though at some point I already thought that there shouldn't be any more setbacks. Couldn't stop listening. I think the book describes so we'll how there are places you feel at home and that you will always miss if you can't be there.

Insightful story

Beautiful descriptions of nature. I loved the evolution of the different characters in the story. The author is a master in combining history and fiction.