The Great Alone: From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale

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** PRE-ORDER THE FIRE, KRISTIN HANNAH'S NEW NOVEL, COMING MAY 2027 **

The Great Alone is a daring, stay-up-all-night story of love and the remarkable strength of women, from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Women.

'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'

Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unforgiving. Unpredictable.

For thirteen-year-old Leni Allbright, Alaska is supposed to be a fresh start. Her father, a former POW, is desperate to leave the world behind. Her mother, Cora, will follow the man she loves anywhere, even to the edge of the earth.

But as winter descends and darkness blankets the land, the Allbrights realize they are woefully unprepared. The danger doesn't just lurk in the wilderness outside; it lives within the walls of their own cabin.

In the shadow of a volatile marriage and a landscape that wants to kill them, Leni must decide: how far will she go to survive?

This new edition comes with exciting bonus content to dig deeper into The Great Alone: a conversation with Kristin Hannah and reading group questions.

Praise for Kristin Hannah

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

‘Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid

'A master storyteller' – Delia Owens

‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus

Readers love The Great Alone

‘Enthralling! Be prepared to laugh, cry, and everything in between’

‘A book that will both transport you and transform you’

‘Heartbreaking in the best way’

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64 reviews
Reboni Saha
February 24, 2019
You can feel the magic of Alaska in these pages, a perfect setting for this story. Quite a beautiful read, though a bit long winded. It's indulgent interludes take this almost into young adult romantic fiction genre, which for me was a downer. That apart, I would still recommend this read.
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CHRIS RUDDY
October 2, 2020
A great read. Full of larger than life and sympathetic characters. The descriptions of Alaska, summers, and, particularly, winters made you feel you were actually there. I loved this book...
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Lyz Shaw
April 29, 2019
Read this in less three days. I've read it whilst doing my makeup, cooking, cleaning and working. Although there were times I didn't want to read it from sheer emotional hurt, I could see a light for Leni at the end. Beautifully written, provocative, heartwarming, raw, painful, loving... I can go on. Amazing book
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About the author

Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her novels include, most recently, The Women (which topped the Sunday Times bestseller chart), The Four Winds and The Great Alone. The Nightingale is the winner of numerous best fiction awards and is soon to become a major movie, and Kristin’s much-loved earlier novel Firefly Lane, was a number one blockbuster series on Netflix. Kristin’s writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to many places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what it’s like being a woman in challenging times. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her novels include, most recently, The Women (which topped the Sunday Times bestseller chart), The Four Winds and The Great Alone. The Nightingale is the winner of ...

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