The Great Alone babitz And while Lillian’s life may

And while Lillian’s life may be the envy of outsiders

From turtles that read magnetic fields to beetles drawn to distant fires

Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship

part aerial demon—whipping across the rugged landscapes of Northern England since time immemorial

and social expectation

The Great Alone babitz And while Lillian’s life mayAlaska, 1974. After returning from the Vietnam War, Ernt Allbright is volatile and unmoored. When he loses another job, he moves his wife, Cora, and thirteen year old daughter, Leni, to remote Alaska in search of a fresh start off the grid. In a rugged frontier community, the Allbrights find resilience, generosity, and the promise of a new beginning. But as winter closes in and darkness takes hold, Ernts instability deepens. Cut off from the outside