But the setting of Alaska is also a character, a place of beauty and danger. Representing an Alaskan homesteader is Large Marge, a no-nonsense woman who tries to help the Allbright women see the light. He has a feud with Ernt and Mad Earl, who team up in their resentments of government, the military, and the Walker family. His father Tom is someone who perceptively realizes that the Alaskan environment should be modernized and that his son should no longer be isolated and enclosed. She falls in love with Matthew Walker who wants to show her happiness, loyalty, and security. Leni tries to understand her parents and is someone who must grow up way too fast, becoming her mother’s protector from her abusive father. His wife Cora is consumed by caring for their daughter. Ernt Allbright is a Vietnam POW who has returned home with PTSD, suffering sleepless nights, flashbacks, nightmares and a volatile behavior.
In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. The daughter Leni hopes that this new start will lead to a better future for her family since her father can never keep a job. The plot begins with the Allbright family moving to Alaska after a Vietnam buddy willed them a cabin by the Kenai River. It is an adventure story where readers feel they are put in the middle of the Alaskan frontier it is a relationship story that also confronts abuse and obsession and it is a love story between a mother/daughter, father/son, and two young adults as well as the land and those who live on it. There are not enough adjectives in the English language to describe the greatness of this novel. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is another winner from the author of the bestseller The Nightingale.
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