by Kristin Hannah, 2018, Audiobook narrated by Julia Whelen, Macmillan Audio

This is a good book that could have been better. It’s about a young girl living in a disfunctional family. The father is a Viet Nam veteral who was captured and tortured during the war.

The book describes how life is for people who migrate to Alaska, particularly how tough the winters are. The author tells how much the young girl is in love with her boyfriend, but she does it over and over. She could have toned that down a bit to make the book more enjoyable and also a bit shorter.

The descriptions of the Alaskan environment and the characters who inhabit it are well done. The story itself is interesting but made less so by Hannah’s repetitiveness..