The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

In 1974, teenager Leni Allbright finds her life upended again when her father, Ernt, decides to move the family to Alaska because he's inherited some land from a Vietnam War buddy. The Allbrights are not prepared for how harsh and alienating the wilds of Alaska can be. Ernt is also unstable and violent because of his time as a prisoner of war. As he abuses Leni's mother, Cora, Leni begs her mother to leave Ernt and escape with her, but Cora refuses time and time again. Will Leni and Cora be able to survive living with Ernt in such a hostile environment? While I enjoyed the descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness and how one prepares throughout the year to survive the winters, almost all the characters were depicted as very black and white (i.e. good or bad) and the storylines were simplistic and at times resolved too easily.