The Great Alone

13 year old Leni, her PTSD-plagued vietnam-vet father, and her mother who can't stop loving her abusive husband - move to Alaska for a new start. We learn about the harshness of living in Alaksa, a lot of drama with the dad ensues, and Leni finds love. First I was all charmed by this book, as I love stories about living in deserted tough places, the storytelling was fast and engaging, and the father's outbursts and his paranoid survivalist nature gave the whole thing the touch of a milder version of [b:My Absolute Darling 33572350 My Absolute Darling Gabriel Tallent https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1498911183s/33572350.jpg 54375969]. But somewhere around the middle everything just become too predictable and was missing a layer of depth for my taste. And then the ending was straight from a Hollywood tearjerker.