Great Alone (Hannah) - Book Reviews

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Hannah turns the written word into wonderful prose.… Times are difficult for so many in this novel and Hannah captures their suffering with sensitivity. The author expertly shows how love, death and birth run the full circle of life.
Romance Times


(Starred review.) Hannah skillfully situates the emotional family saga in the events and culture of the late ’70s.… But it’s her tautly drawn characters―Large Marge, Genny, Mad Earl, Tica, Tom―who contribute not only to Leni’s improbable survival but to her salvation amid her family’s tragedy.
Publishers Weekly


In this latest from Hannah, the landscape is hard and bleak but our young heroine learns to accept it and discover her true self … fans will appreciate the astuteness of the story and the unbreakable connection between mother and child.
Library Journal


Hannah vividly evokes the natural beauty and danger of Alaska and paints a compelling portrait of a family in crisis and a community on the brink of change.
Booklist


(Starred review.) There are many great things about this book.… It will thrill her fans with its combination of Greek tragedy, Romeo and Juliet-like coming of age story and domestic potboiler. She recreates in magical detail the lives of Alaska's homesteaders … and is just as specific and authentic in her depiction of the spiritual wounds of post-Vietnam America. A tour de force.
Kirkus Reviews