The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah.
- First U.S. edition.
- 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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 ... At first Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers ... But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture"--Amazon.com.
9780312577230 (hbk.)
2017036271
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Fiction Ex-prisoners of war--Fiction Families--Fiction
Alaska--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction