Books like The Great Alone
If you liked The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Four Winds
Because also by Kristin Hannah; shares tags: historical, family, survival.
Elsa Martinelli fights the Dust Bowl to save her Texas farm, then risks everything on the road to California.
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A Child Called It
Because shares tags: survival, family.
Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.
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The Poisonwood Bible
Because shares tags: historical, family.
A missionary drags his wife and four daughters to the Congo in 1959, and Africa remakes each of them.
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American Dirt
Because shares tags: family, survival.
Lydia and Luca flee Acapulco after cartel murder and ride north through Mexico toward the US.
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Firefly Lane
Because also by Kristin Hannah; shares tag: 1970s.
Best friends Tully and Kate grow from teens to adults through careers, love, and loss.
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The Women
Because also by Kristin Hannah; shares tag: historical.
Nurse Frankie McGrath serves in Vietnam and fights to be seen at home.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Because shares tag: family.
Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.
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Tom Lake
Because shares tag: family.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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The Push
Because shares tag: family.
Blythe fears daughter Violet is dangerous while husband Fox doubts her.
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The Paper Palace
Because shares tag: family.
Elle faces Jonas choice at Cape Cod while assault memory returns.
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The Locked Door
Because shares tag: family.
Surgeon Nora Davis hides serial killer father while patients die.
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The Last Lecture
Because shares tag: family.
Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams.
