Magic Hour: A Novel

Name: Magic Hour: A Novel
Price: 8.99 USD
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Rating: 4.6 (33187 reviews)
Author: Kristin Hannah
ISBN: 9780345522184

Kristin Hannah

4.6 out of 5

33,187 global ratings

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

About the authors

Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels. Her newest novel, The Women, about the nurses who served in the Vietnam war, will be released on February 6, 2024.

The Four Winds was published in February of 2021 and immediately hit #1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Indie bookstore's bestseller lists. Additionally, it was selected as a book club pick by the both Today Show and The Book Of the Month club, which named it the best book of 2021.

In 2018, The Great Alone became an instant New York Times #1 bestseller and was named the Best Historical Novel of the Year by Goodreads.

In 2015, The Nightingale became an international blockbuster and was Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People's Choice award for best fiction in the same year. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, Buzzfeed, the Wall Street Journal, Paste, and The Week.

The Nightingale is currently in pre-production at Tri Star. Firefly Lane, her beloved novel about two best friends, was the #1 Netflix series around the world, in the week it came out. The popular tv show stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.

A former attorney, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Cindy Garza

good read

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2024

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I really liked this book. It’s starts off kinda small town ish. But grows into a great story of love, kindness and human ways (good and bad). It made me laugh and cry. Could ‘feel’ the story many times. And I really just want to go live in a forest town in Washington. lol…. Thanks for the good read.

JGrey

Couldn’t put this book down!

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024

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This is my 3rd Kristen Hannah book in the last few weeks and so far I have loved all of them. She does a lot of research to make sure her fiction could be accurate and her characters are always well developed. This book was my favorite as it discusses a difficult child custody case and as a parent that has been through one of those, it was very accurate to real court proceeding. It also nailed the emotions that you feel as a parent with the possibility of losing a child. Awesome book! 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sandy Bohland

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2024

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I couldn’t put it down. It pulls at your heart. Kristen Hannah is an amazing writer. Once you read one of her books you will understand.

diane ferguson

Beautifully written

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024

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Great story of love, patience, and letting go of the past. Unique and original. Unpredictable. You will love this book!

Stephanie

Good, too tied up in ribbons at the end

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024

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Well written sentence by sentence. Good command of the English language and almost a good story. It was too pat, too predictable. Some of the behaviors of the characters did not ring true. Spoiler alert. Alice's father would not have taken her home after watching the tapes. Nor we he have stayed out of her life after that. Given what we were led to believe about his feelings for the child, he would have arranged visitation. That would not have hurt Alice at all if he never took her home. Next, Ellie was way to dense about Cal. Lastly, I did not like the epilogue, the quick perfect moments for EVERYONE. Too sugary. We could have left the story with them still working it out. I loved all of the scenes with Alice. I liked that they learned her story. I loved her teaching/ therapy.