
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah(Author)
Pan Books (Publisher)
Published on 12. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-0350-8809-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Great Alone is a daring, stay-up-all-night story of love and the remarkable strength of women, from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Women.
'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'
Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unforgiving. Unpredictable.
For thirteen-year-old Leni Allbright, Alaska is supposed to be a fresh start. Her father, a former POW, is desperate to leave the world behind. Her mother, Cora, will follow the man she loves anywhere, even to the edge of the earth.
But as winter descends and darkness blankets the land, the Allbrights realize they are woefully unprepared. The danger doesn't just lurk in the wilderness outside; it lives within the walls of their own cabin.
In the shadow of a volatile marriage and a landscape that wants to kill them, Leni must decide: how far will she go to survive?
This new edition comes with exciting bonus content to dig deeper into The Great Alone: a conversation with Kristin Hannah and reading group questions.
Praise for Kristin Hannah'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
'A master storyteller' - Delia Owens
'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus
Readers love The Great Alone'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'
'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'
Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unforgiving. Unpredictable.
For thirteen-year-old Leni Allbright, Alaska is supposed to be a fresh start. Her father, a former POW, is desperate to leave the world behind. Her mother, Cora, will follow the man she loves anywhere, even to the edge of the earth.
But as winter descends and darkness blankets the land, the Allbrights realize they are woefully unprepared. The danger doesn't just lurk in the wilderness outside; it lives within the walls of their own cabin.
In the shadow of a volatile marriage and a landscape that wants to kill them, Leni must decide: how far will she go to survive?
This new edition comes with exciting bonus content to dig deeper into The Great Alone: a conversation with Kristin Hannah and reading group questions.
Praise for Kristin Hannah'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
'A master storyteller' - Delia Owens
'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus
Readers love The Great Alone'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'
Reviews / Votes
A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival, as epic as the Alaskan landscape it so vividly describes -- Kate Morton, author of <i>Homecoming</i> I didn't just love this book, I became obsessed with it . . . This is a story that will stay with me for a long, long time -- Karen Swan, author of <i>The Stolen Hours</i> Epic . . . By the end, I was surrounded by snow drifts of tissues damp with my tears * The Washington Post * Great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel? -- Isabel Allende on <i>The Nightingale</i> Beautifully written . . . packed with action and emotion -- Sara Gruen, bestselling author of <i>Water for Elephants </i>on <i>The Nightingale</i> Movingly written and plotted with the skill of Greek tragedy. You'll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob -- <i>Daily Mail</i> on <i>The Nightingale</i> Hannah's tale, rich with period detail, is an impassioned tribute to the heroism of the many thousands who did serve, as well as a hymn to female solidarity in the darkest of settings. It's a surprisingly original take on a well-trodden subject * The Times on The Women * Utterly absorbing . . . A triumph -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of<i> Daisy Jones & The Six </i>on <i>The Women</i> Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism -- Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of<i> Lessons in Chemistry </i>on <i>The Women</i> Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful -- Delia Owens, author of <i>Where the Crawdads Sing </i>on <i>The Women</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-8809-6 (9781035088096)
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Additional editions

Kristin Hannah
The Great Alone
From the multimillion copy bestselling author of The Women, The Nightingale and The Four Winds
E-Book
02/2018
Macmillan
€14.49
Available for download
Previous edition

Person
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestseller with more than 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her novels include, most recently, The Women (which topped the Sunday Times bestseller chart), The Four Winds and The Great Alone. The Nightingale is the winner of numerous best fiction awards and is soon to become a major movie, and Kristin's much-loved earlier novel Firefly Lane, was a number one blockbuster series on Netflix. Kristin's writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to many places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what it's like being a woman in challenging times. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.