Through the years of Ernt’s abuse the reader wills her to leave him, but somehow are made to understand why she cannot do so. She is an easy character to like.Ĭora is also likeable, though harder to understand. Told from her point of view, at first I expected to find it difficult to read from the perspective of a teenage girl but this was unfounded. She is a bookworm, shy, and hardworking, willing to learn everything she can about life in Alaska and all the skills she needs to survive it.
Leni is instantly likeable, even as a teenage girl. But against the backdrop of the isolating Alaskan winter, is it even possible? My opinion:
Ernt becomes volatile, and Leni soon realises that despite the dangers of the wilderness of which she has been warned, perhaps the greatest danger is the one inside her own home.Ĭaught between her new found relationship with local boy Matthew, and her parents unexplainable tumultuous love, Leni realises that somehow she and Cora need to escape. However, as the winter darkness begins to settle in, it appears that whilst Alaska has the power to bring out the good in people, it also has the ability to turn men insane during its long, freezing, dark months. Their small family are happy, working hard to learn new skill and get ready for their first winter in their new home. For a time it seems that the magic of the Alaskan wilderness and the community they find are exactly what Ernt needs. Leni, the loyal 13-year old daughter, is ever-hopeful that this move will bring about the changes her and her mother, Cora desperately want.
Suffering from nightmares and fits of anger that causes him lose a succession of jobs, he decides to move his young wife and daughter north, into the wilds of Alaska. It is 1974 and Ernt Allbright, a former POW in the Vietnam War is a different man. Title: The Great Alone Author: Kristin Hannah Material source: iBooks My Rating: 5 / 5 🌟 About the book: Note: This book Review was previously published on my old site Becky in China.
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