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 hopeand the meaning of home. In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National ForestΓÇönearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth foresta six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and aloneshe offers no clue as to her identityno hint of her past. Having retreated to her western Washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruinschild 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 herJulia must discover the truth about AliceΓÇÖs pastΓÇöalthough doing so requires help from JuliaΓÇÖs estranged sistera local police officer. The shocking facts of AliceΓÇÖs life test the limits of JuliaΓÇÖs faith and strengtheven as she struggles to make a home for AliceΓÇöand for herself. ΓÇ£One of [Kristin HannahΓÇÖs] most compelling and riveting novels.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöBooklist