Publisher's Synopsis
Cora Allbright and her husband Ernt - a recently-returned Vietnam veteran scarred by the war - uproot their 13-year-old daughter, Leni, to start a new life in Alaska. Utterly unprepared for the weather and the isolation, but welcomed by the close-knit community, they fight to build a home in this harsh, beautiful wilderness. At once an epic story of human survival and love, and an intimate portrait of a family tested beyond endurance, 'The Great Alone' offers a glimpse into a vanishing way of life in America.
