The Toronto Star praised its 'compassionate, nuanced portrait of the “twisted love” that results from domestic violence, and of the ways in which women cope with such abuse.' The Star Tribune stated that Hannah 'has created an atmosphere of brooding paranoia and simmering violence that can set your heart racing. The novel was featured in positive starred reviews by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.

Overall, the novel received positive feedback from critics. As of 2021, the novel has sold two million copies in the United States. The novel won Best Historical Fiction at the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards. It was 17th on USA Today's 2018 year-end top 100 best-selling books list. The Great Alone spent four weeks at number one on The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2018, and two weeks at number one on the Los Angeles Times hardcover fiction bestsellers list. Hannah had initially written a whole draft of a thriller with the same characters trying to solve a crime that had taken place in the past, but during revisions only kept the 1970s Alaska setting then started writing a first-person point-of-view novel from a teenage narrator. Hannah cites her family, 1970s politics, and Alaskan culture as inspirations for the novel. Service's poem ' The Shooting of Dan McGrew'. The title The Great Alone is a reference to Robert W.

The story follows the Allbright family's move to the Alaskan wilderness and the ensuing challenges they face there. The Great Alone is a historical fiction novel written by American author Kristin Hannah published by St. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book

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