But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture'.Įva H. At first Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. 'Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. The Allbrights are as green as greenhorns can be, and even first love must endure unimaginable hardship and tragedy as the wilderness tries to claim more victims. Yet the harsh conditions bring out the worst in Ernt, whose paranoia takes over their lives and exacerbates what Leni sees as the toxic relationship between her parents. Locals want to help out, especially classmate Matthew Walker, who likes everything about Leni. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him.

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