The Great Alone

De: Kristin Hannah

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

The number one New York Times best seller

The newest audiobook sensation from Kristin Hannah, best-selling author of The Nightingale.

This program is read by acclaimed narrator Julia Whelan, whose enchanting voice brought Gone Girl and Fates and Furies to life. Kristin Hannah reads the acknowledgements.

Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.

For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources. But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in 18 hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: They are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska - a place of incomparable beauty and danger.

The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night audiobook about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.

Praise for The Great Alone:

"Listeners, beware: You won't want to stop listening to narrator Julia Whelan's performance of this complex story of survival and family.... With pitch-perfect timing and a touch of drama, Whelan exquisitely builds the tension, creating an enveloping atmosphere of foreboding that's difficult to turn away from...a don't miss audiobook experience." (AudioFile Magazine)

"Reliably alluring...The Great Alone is packed with rapturous descriptions of Alaskan scenery.... Hannah remembers and summons an undeveloped wilderness, describing a gloriously pristine region in the days before cruise ships discovered it." (The New York Times Daily Review)

"Kristin Hannah's new novel makes Alaska sound equally gorgeous and treacherous - a glistening realm that lures folks into the wild and then kills them there." (The Washington Post)

©2017 Kristin Hannah (P)2017 Macmillan Audio

Amazing!!

I stayed up late, till all hours, captivated by the characters and their lives, and this State that I've never thought twice about...but has now entered my dreams. Thank you.
For all mothers out there, bring tissues.

Deeply Moving, Deeply Satisfying

I turned 18 in Fairbanks Alaska, and Kristin Hannah brought the landscape and the people to life for me. There was just a small section concerning adolescent love that bordered on cliché, but at the same time, it was true. When love is new and brilliant it opens your mind and heart in predictable ways that may repeat generation after generation, but is always fresh and heart wrenching to those going through it for the first time. I found this novel profoundly moving, and despite the suffering, I rejoiced in the natural grandeur and the hard-won triumphs of the locals and the settlers. This novel is Michneresque in its scale, but the raw emotions and character development are so much deeper. Hannah is also expert at pulling the rug out from under the reader and turning the story on its ear, just when you thought you knew where it was all headed. This is exactly why literary fiction packs such a punch. It puts you in real-life situations and allows you to live vicariously through the characters. This novel will gut you and put you together again. You will not forget it easily. Of course, a great book demands a great narrator, and Julia Whelan is thoroughly convincing in giving voice to the characters and emotions in this rich story..

very descriptive

well read nice romance. enjoyed the realness of the characters not all tied up with pretty bows

Alaskan courage

I love stories about resilience in the face of hard times. This story showed that and gave a great description of early life in Alaska.

Excellent

Painted a vivid world of Alaska with her words and characters richly developed, real and flawed.