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Book Review of The Great Alone

The Great Alone
The Great Alone
Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This isn't an easy read, but it's worth sticking out til the end. Dated around 1974. An ex-POW from Vietnam returns to his wife and young daughter. Suffering from what we know now as PTSD. Unable to hold a job, the family is notified that a former friend from Nam has died and left them property in Alaska. The family moves and finds an abandoned cabin in the frontier of Alaska. There they find a hard life barely surviving at times but with rewards. However, with it comes the long dark winter months which sparks nightmares and violent outbursts. Themes of domestic violence. Loss, remorse, survival, loss of innocence, and redemptive love.