![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The terror of living with an out of control abuser suffering from PTSD after surviving as a POW in Viet Nam is also clear. The wildness of nature and the difficulties of surviving in Alaska during the 1970’s and 80’s is made excruciating clear. Matthew, a classmate of Leni’s, becomes her only friend. Unfortunately, Leni’s father is friend and compatriot with Mad Earl, a rabid anti-government survivalist. Leni learns to love Alaska and the “wild” life style her father has decreed for the family. Taken under the wings of Large Marge, a successful homesteader and formerly successful big city prosecutor, the family quickly learns to be relatively self-sufficient. They are woefully unprepared for the rigors of homesteading in America’s last wilderness. But is it a story of love for the beautiful wildness of Alaska or the wildly beautiful love of a father for his wife and daughter? Leni’s father has decided the family will move to Alaska where he will finally be happy. Hannah has written a tense, terrifying love story. Which would you rather do? Die by freezing, starving or being mauled to death by “Alaska” or die at the hands of your abusive, PTSD addled father? ![]()
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