This book will take you to Alaska’s brutal wilderness, where one family fights freezing temperatures, starvation, and the demons of PTSD.
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Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
This book will take you to Alaska’s brutal wilderness, where one family fights freezing temperatures, starvation, and the demons of PTSD.
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In The Four Winds, Hannah gives us a heroine whose family sees her as a mousy, weak nothing. Her sisters shun her, as do her parents. One day, Elsa walks to town, buys red satin fabric, and sews herself a dress. She dresses up and meets a man. From there, the story heats up.
Two unforgettable stories explore just how deep sibling rivalry can cut: Henry Farrell’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and John Steinbeck’s masterpiece East of Eden.
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