The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love, loss and the remarkable and enduring strength of women from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women, The Four Winds and The Nightingale.
This new edition comes with exciting bonus content to dig deeper into The Great Alone: a conversation with Kristin Hannah and reading group questions.
'A master storyteller' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
'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'
Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
As Leni grows up in the shadow of her parents' increasingly volatile marriage, she meets Matthew. And Matthew - thoughtful, kind, and brave - makes her believe in the possibility of a better life.
‘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
‘Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism’ – Bonnie Garmus
‘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’
‘Laughed, wept, couldn’t put it down’
‘Captivating, emotional and beautifully written’
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publication Date: 12-02-2026
Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 464
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Height (mm): 197
Width (mm): 130
Length (mm): 28
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