{"product_id":"9781476710334","title":"The Violet Hour : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Katherine Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pitch-perfect, emotionally riveting novel about the fracturing of a marriage and a family: “A gripping debut” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) from an award-winning young writer with superb storytelling instincts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife hasn’t always been perfect for Abe and Cassandra Green, but an afternoon on the San Francisco Bay might be as good as it gets.\u003c\/b\u003e Abe is a rheumatologist, piloting his coveted new boat. Cassandra is a sculptor, finally gaining modest attention for her art. Their beautiful daughter Elizabeth is heading to Harvard in the fall. Somehow, they’ve made things work. But then, tensions overflow, and they plunge into a terrible fight. In a fit of fury, Abe throws himself off the boat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness” (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e follows a modern family through past and present. As Cassandra, Abe, and Elizabeth navigate the passage of time—the expectations of youth, the concessions of middle age, the headiness of desire, the bitterness of loss—they must come to terms with the fragility of their intimacy, the strange legacies they inherit from their parents, and the kind of people they want to be.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExquisitely written, \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is “a rewarding family saga reminiscent of Anne Tyler’s novels...Hill’s story unfurls from the kind of sensational marital spat that makes you feel better about your own imperfect union…wonderfully witty and assured” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eRewarding\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003eAssured\u003c\/b\u003e...as with the family members in Jonathan Tropper's \u003ci\u003eThis Is Where I\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeave You\u003c\/i\u003e...Elizabeth's relatives are not always well-behaved...[but] their petty grievances are as fun as real grief is devastating. Thanks to Hill’s assured voice, the Fabricants’ occasional flashes of harmony and humor will leave you with the charmed feeling of having seen a rainbow over the Beltway.”\u003cbr\u003e“A \u003cb\u003egripping\u003c\/b\u003e debut…”\u003cbr\u003e“A\u003cb\u003e bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness\u003c\/b\u003e, this debut novel begins at the end of a marriage and journeys back through time to explore why the relationship slowly frayed.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds.…The story of this family—at once alien and familiar, pitiable and impressive—is \u003cb\u003erendered with candor and economy\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e“Hill is particularly capable as a manufacturer of \u003cb\u003etaut, precise\u003c\/b\u003e imagery, which she most effectively unleashes here as the book’s first plot point takes its turn….Hill is most \u003cb\u003epersuasive\u003c\/b\u003e as a writer when she defines and explores relentless internal conflicts and divisions.…\u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with controlled and yet expansive prose.”\u003cbr\u003e“In Hill’s debut, members of a troubled family converge to celebrate a milestone, with unexpected results.…Hill has produced an unusual retrospective of a family torn apart by divorce and infidelity and so keenly affected by the immediate events in their lives that they are only barely aware of what’s transpiring around them.…[A] disturbing story but one that offers a glimmer of hope.”\u003cbr\u003e“Hill handles the intimacy of family ties with care and tenderness. \u003cb\u003eReaders who enjoyed Jonathan Franzen’s \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e will relate as Hill’s characters similarly and systematically unravel from each other\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e“Katherine Hill’s \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that in every family mistakes are made—and redemption is possible. \u003cb\u003eA wise, engrossing novel of familial love, betrayal, and forgiveness\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Like Sue Miller and Alice Hoffman, Katherine Hill limns the commonplace dreams and sorrows of the restless middle class. Ranging from post-grad San Francisco in the '70s to post-9\/11 Manhattan, \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is an old-fashioned family romance.\"\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is an altogether entrancing novel. Katherine Hill’s fresh, intelligent voice and extraordinary skill take an age-old theme—three generations of an unhappy family—and make it original, poignant and luminous. I was sorry when their story ended!”\u003cbr\u003e“Katherine Hill’s \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant meditation on the supreme mystery of marriage, haunted family legacies, and the fragility of happiness, all rendered in prose as kinetic and lyric as the sea. A debut that reads more like a master work, \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory and unforgettable novel.”\u003cbr\u003e“Katherine Hill’s intensely real characters—members of a family who live in a funeral home—have texture and thickness, and are as aware of their past as of the present moment. Lovable even when they are foolish, they make risky choices while looking straight at hard truths.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781476710334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592239329486,"sku":"9781476710334","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_c09c785e-16be-4faa-87fd-97c5859e15f4.jpg?v=1637764850","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781476710334","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}