The Invisible Hour (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781982175375)

The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a "wonderful story of love and growth" (Stephen King).

One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia's mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community--an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?

Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you.

As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. But what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die?

From "the reigning queen of magical realism" (Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author), this is the story of one woman's dream. For a little while it came true.

Author: Alice Hoffman
ISBN-10: 1982175370
ISBN-13: 9781982175375
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2023
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2023 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 05/01/2023
Booklist 05/01/2023 pg. 19
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2023
Library Journal 07/01/2023 pg. 63