.Book Talk
Current Book - April/May 2025
We will meet on Saturday, May 10, 2025
at Riversedge (160 Kent St., Portland, MI)
at 9:15 a.m. for breakfast to discuss the book.
Magic Hour
by Kristin Hannah
Deep in the Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly one million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. Even in this modern age, much of it remains undiscovered and uncharted. From the heart of this old forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she can give no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past…
Until recently, Dr. Julia Cates was one of the preeminent child psychiatrists in the
country, but a scandal shattered her confidence, ruined her career, and made her a
media target. When she gets a desperate call from her estranged sister, Ellie, a police chief
in their small western Washington hometown, she jumps at the chance to escape.
In Rain Valley, nothing much ever happens—until a girl emerges from the deep
woods and walks into town. She is a victim unlike any Julia has ever seen: a child
locked in a world of unimaginable fear and isolation.
When word spreads of the “wild child” and the infamous doctor who is treating
her, the media descend on Julia and once again her competence is challenged. State
and federal authorities want to lock the girl away in an institution until an
identification can be made.
But to Julia, who has come to doubt her own ability, nothing is more important
than saving the girl she now calls Alice. To heal this child, Julia will have to
understand that she cannot work alone and must look to others—the people in the
town she left long ago, the sister she barely knows, and Dr. Max Cerrasin, a
handsome, private man with secrets of his own.
Then a shocking revelation forces Julia to risk everything to discover the truth about
Alice. The ordeal that follows will test the limits of Julia’s faith, forgiveness, and love,
as she struggles to ascertain where Alice ultimately belongs.
About The Author
Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than
20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, which was
named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted
People’s Choice award for best fiction in the same year.
The Nightingale is currently in production at Tri Star, with Dakota and Elle Fanning set to star. Tri Star has also optioned The Great Alone and it is in development. 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 and Season Two is currently set to conclude the series on April 27, 2023.
A former attorney, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Book Talk
Our book club is very casual and welcoming.
Please plan to join us whether you read the book or not.
We do discuss the book, but it's also about the fellowship. The more the merrier!
Please feel free to contact us to confirm the date/time/locationfor our Book Talk, as
sometimes we do have to change it on short notice. Our contact information can be
found by clicking on the Contact tab at the top of this page.
Click on the Book List tab near the top of the page for a
complete list of all of the books that Book Talk has read.
Information about the book from: kristinhannah.com
This web-page updated 4-13-2025
Current Book - April/May 2025
We will meet on Saturday, May 10, 2025
at Riversedge (160 Kent St., Portland, MI)
at 9:15 a.m. for breakfast to discuss the book.
Magic Hour
by Kristin Hannah
Deep in the Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly one million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. Even in this modern age, much of it remains undiscovered and uncharted. From the heart of this old forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she can give no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past…
Until recently, Dr. Julia Cates was one of the preeminent child psychiatrists in the
country, but a scandal shattered her confidence, ruined her career, and made her a
media target. When she gets a desperate call from her estranged sister, Ellie, a police chief
in their small western Washington hometown, she jumps at the chance to escape.
In Rain Valley, nothing much ever happens—until a girl emerges from the deep
woods and walks into town. She is a victim unlike any Julia has ever seen: a child
locked in a world of unimaginable fear and isolation.
When word spreads of the “wild child” and the infamous doctor who is treating
her, the media descend on Julia and once again her competence is challenged. State
and federal authorities want to lock the girl away in an institution until an
identification can be made.
But to Julia, who has come to doubt her own ability, nothing is more important
than saving the girl she now calls Alice. To heal this child, Julia will have to
understand that she cannot work alone and must look to others—the people in the
town she left long ago, the sister she barely knows, and Dr. Max Cerrasin, a
handsome, private man with secrets of his own.
Then a shocking revelation forces Julia to risk everything to discover the truth about
Alice. The ordeal that follows will test the limits of Julia’s faith, forgiveness, and love,
as she struggles to ascertain where Alice ultimately belongs.
About The Author
Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than
20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, which was
named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted
People’s Choice award for best fiction in the same year.
The Nightingale is currently in production at Tri Star, with Dakota and Elle Fanning set to star. Tri Star has also optioned The Great Alone and it is in development. 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 and Season Two is currently set to conclude the series on April 27, 2023.
A former attorney, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Book Talk
Our book club is very casual and welcoming.
Please plan to join us whether you read the book or not.
We do discuss the book, but it's also about the fellowship. The more the merrier!
Please feel free to contact us to confirm the date/time/locationfor our Book Talk, as
sometimes we do have to change it on short notice. Our contact information can be
found by clicking on the Contact tab at the top of this page.
Click on the Book List tab near the top of the page for a
complete list of all of the books that Book Talk has read.
Information about the book from: kristinhannah.com
This web-page updated 4-13-2025
