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    Magic Hour
    Magic Hour
    Magic Hour
    Audiobook14 hours

    Magic Hour

    Written by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

    4.5/5

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    • Mental Health

    • Family Relationships

    • Trust

    • Self-Discovery

    • Love

    • Mysterious Child

    • Wild Child

    • Friends to Lovers

    • Found Family

    • Mysterious Past

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Opposites Attract

    • Hurt/comfort

    • Small Town Secrets

    • Amnesiac Hero

    • Family

    • Identity

    • Small Town Life

    • Fear

    • Personal Growth

    About this audiobook

    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

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 22, 2020
    ISBN9781713592181
    Magic Hour
    Author

    Kristin Hannah

    Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Nightingale and The Great Alone won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a bestselling series on Netflix. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.

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    • 5/5
      Heartbreaking tale of what real loss is and a glimpse into what that iceberg of feeling is like.
    • 2/5
      Bad way to transfer traumatized child from Doctor to father. This would have been done gradually over time. The doctor sat this up to fail.
    • 2/5
      It was a very slow start and now always believable - the voices were obnoxious and I hated peanut- she was over the top and I barely made it through the book. I have read others and this was bad in comparison- frankly I would not recommend it. I’m surprised I listened all the way to the end
    • 4/5
      This was certainly a different book I’ve listened to but really liked it. Worth the time and a little extra time in the car!
    • 5/5
      Such a beautiful story of trust, patience and love and that the human spirit is resilient and can heal. Loved it!
    • 3/5
      About four chapters in I had to stop listening. The author’s fat phobia, obsession with thinness and whiteness was a bit much.
    • 5/5
      I’ve never read a story even similar to this. It was really great
    • 5/5
      As with most of this Author’s novels, I thoroughly enjoyed MAGIC HOUR.

      Julie, a renowned psychiatrist, specializing in children’s trauma, was suddenly thrown into the limelight, after one of her patients killed several people. Ashamed with blame that was heaped on her by parents, the Media and even some of her own medical colleagues that she should have known the disturbed child was apt to commit the heinous crime. Julie lost most of her practice and much of her will to continue doing the job she always loved.

      In the small town where she had been born and raised, where her sister Ellie was the local Police chief, a small girl walked out of the woods one day and climbed the tallest tree in town along with a wolf club that she clung to. After hours of coaxing the only way to get her down was to tranquilize her. They soon find out that the girl is feral, and the only person Ellie knows who might be able to get through to her is her disgraced sister Julie.

      This novel runs the gamut of suspense and sadness. You have to keep reading to try and find out why the little girl was left to fend for herself, why she was unable to speak and most of all how she had survived.
      Kristan Hannah knows how to pull your heartstring to the breaking point. She also knows how to insert that twist you know is coming.

      I highly recommend this novel.
    • 4/5
      Missed Julia Whelan as narrator. I didn’t resonate with narrator
    • 3/5
      Nice character development and plot. Would definitely read this author again. I loved "The Women"!
    • 5/5
      It was a good book. I really like the author her stories are so heart felt.
    • 4/5
      Narrator's voice doesn't quite fit the characters, but the story was compelling despite that distraction.
    • 3/5
      I did not like the narrator, and that ruined the book for me.
    • 3/5
      I think I would have enjoyed this book more had it not been for the narration on the audiobook. The voices of the narrator made the characters sound as though they were uneducated,
      illiterate fools. Characters did not come across as likable in any way. Most of them were sad sacks, who all felt sorry for themselves. The only reason I continued to listen is because it was an interesting storyline. Not my favorite novel by Kristin Hannah. I would recommend reading the e-book and avoid listening to this annoying narrator.
    • 5/5
      I never leave a review but this book was so incredible and moving and heart wrenching. Amazingly written and beautiful.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful story. I love listening to all of Kristen Hannah 's books.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book very much. I felt connected & invested with the characters.
      I also enjoyed the little bits of humor.
    • 5/5
      Magic Hour was an auditory page-turner! Hannah weaves mystery and intrigue into the fabric of a wonderful tale with love--of place, of family, plus romantic allure--at its core. Wonderful character development, and the gorgeous, dramatic setting was also a character of sorts, influencing moods as well as plot as the seasons changed. I enjoyed this book immensely.
    • 4/5
      A captivating story about the journey to discovering what really matters, the people who make us who we are and give us courage to become who we are meant to be. A small town is forever changed when a lost lonely girl shows up one day and reminds them of all the ways their lives are interwoven with a shared past and a new future.
    • 4/5
      This is a good storyline of a wolf child. It shows how love and patience can help frightened children. It is a great book that keeps you wanting more and sad when it is finished
    • 5/5
      The story was great, the narrator not so great. Some of the adult voices she used sounded as though she was mimicking special needs individuals.

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