Kristin Hannah

Reluctantly giving up her California practice working with troubled children, Julia Cates is forced to draw on all her skills to deal with a young mute girl found abandoned and terrified in her Pacific Northwest hometown and joins forces with Max Cerasin, a handsome physician with a mysterious past, to help the young girl. By the best-selling author of Between Sisters. Reprint.

Magic Hour

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home. In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. Having retreated to her western Washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls Alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. To reach her, Julia must discover the truth about Alice’s past—although doing so requires help from Julia’s estranged sister, a local police officer. The shocking facts of Alice’s life test the limits of Julia’s faith and strength, even as she struggles to make a home for Alice—and for herself. “One of [Kristin Hannah’s] most compelling and riveting novels.”—Booklist

A Novel

A great early fall read. I felt allll the emotions reading this. 

Katie Avila

Having read Nightingale, I expected to be at once intrigued by Magic Hour. I found myself not wanting to put this book down and immediately being immersed into this small town drama that unfolded. I was greeted with a familiarity of this story at once and was rooting for Girl and Julia and her sister. I do wish we had more of Max's backstory and I don't think it would of hurt for there to be a bit less of jumping time but overall a wonderful book and well written. Although thoroughly a fiction novel, there's some fantasy or magic aspects to it.

Macy M

Jessica Ford

I really enjoy Kristin Hannah's books; this was one of my favorites. I didn't care for the characters at first, but as they developed, I ended up liking them a lot, especially Julia. I love a book that makes me laugh and cry, and this was no exception. Happy and sad tears. I highly recommend it.

Magic Hour

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