Magic hour : a novel
(Book)

Includes a reader's guide (A conversation with the author & questions and topics for discussion).

"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."--Amazon.com.