magic hour  <p><b>from the #1 </b><b><i>new york times</i></b><b> bestselling author of </b><b><i>the nightingale </i></b><b>and</b><b><i> the great alone</i></b><b> comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home.</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><b>“one of [kristin hannah’s] most compelling and riveting novels.” - </b><b><i>booklist</i></b></p>