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Aug 19, 2018MHanover10 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Once again Kristin Hannah ripped my heart open and changed it. This time Lenny and her parents move to Alaska in 1974 when Lenny was 13. Ernt was a POW from the Vietnam War. He had demons that came out and made him paranoid. He got angry at the government and he took his anger out on his wife. They were on the edge of civilization in a village that had no electricity and you were lucky to survive winter and you spent summer preparing for winter. It's a story about love, danger, dangerous love, heartache and death. But then it also is about hope and moving forward. This is beautifully written. I was pulled into the lives of the characters. I fell in love with them. I cried for them. I smiled for them. There is one moment in the book that I had to stop listening while drive to lunch with a friend because I thought I was going to be a sobbing mess as I arrived to the restaurant. This is the first time I have listened to a Kristin Hannah book. The narrator did a great job of bringing emotion to the characters. I LOVED Large Marge. If you have never read a Kristin Hannah book you must. She is a great storyteller.