East Meadow Public Library - Evening Book Discussion

Join us on January 15th at 7:30 p.m. as we discuss The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. Although this is a story of a family in crisis, struggling to survive at the edge of the world, it is also a story of young and enduring love. Cora Allbright and her husband Ernt, a recently-returned Vietnam veteran scarred by the war, uproot their thirteen-year-old daughter, Leni, to start a new life in Alaska. Utterly unprepared for the weather and the isolation, but welcomed by the close-knit community, they fight to build a home in this harsh, beautiful wilderness. An epic story of human survival and love, and an intimate portrait of a family tested beyond endurance. It is the finest example of Kristin Hannah’s ability to weave together the deeply personal with the universal.

For more information, please call the Reader Services Department at 516-794-2570 ext. 236.