Magic hour a novel

by Hannah, Kristin.

Format: Book on MP3 Disc 2008
Availability: Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy
Available (1)
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Green Tree Public Library Adult PlayAways MP3 HAN
Location  Green Tree Public Library
 
Collection  Adult PlayAways
 
Call Number  MP3 HAN
 
 
Summary
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.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Although a judge rules in her favor, child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates is found guilty of incompetence in the press. Her entire life has centered on her exclusive practice, and now all her patients have abandoned her. Salvation comes unexpectedly at the behest of her estranged sister, Ellie, the chief of police in their hometown of Rain Valley, Washington. Julia never wanted to go back to their small logging town, where she was the scrawny bookworm and Ellie was the homecoming queen, but now, even though they refuse to admit it, the sisters need each other as they try to save a young girl found in a forest in the company of a wolf. She behaves like an animal and doesn't speak. Julia works hard to break the mute silence of the mysterious little girl; Ellie tries to find out where she belongs; and both of them defend the girl they decide to call Alice against those who would exploit her. Through helping this young lost soul, Julia and Ellie learn a lot about themselves and about their relationships in one of this perennially best-selling writer's most compelling and riveting novels to date. Magic Hour0 will enhance Hannah's popularity and affirm her dominance in women's fiction. --Patty Engelmann Copyright 2005 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Hannah's melodramatic 15th novel (after The Things We Do for Love) tells the addictive soap opera story of a feral child and the adults who rally to help her. The cast of stock characters is led by child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates, whose reputation was ruined when she failed to prevent a teen patient from staging a Columbine-style massacre. Her sister, Ellie Barton, a smalltown former homecoming queen-turned-chief of police, summons Julia from Los Angeles to their Pacific Northwest hometown of Rain Valley to take on the case of a mysterious lost child, who appeared one day on the edge of town, presumably raised by wolves. With the dashing doctor Dr. Max Cerrasin at her side, Julia works diligently to tame the mute girl, whom she names Alice. Max, like Julia, is running from demons of his own. Though she initially rebuffs his overtures ("When I love, I risk my heart. All or nothing," Julia declares), their romance inevitably blossoms while they work to solve the mystery of Alice's parentage. The novel's real love story, though, is the passion between Alice and Julia, and it's hard not to root for the vulnerable little Wolf Girl. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Child psychologists -- Fiction.
Women psychologists -- Fiction.
Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Publisher [Solon, Ohio] :Playaway Digital Audio :2008
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC,
Edition Unabridged.
Contributors Toren, Suzanne.
Brilliance Audio (Firm)
Playaway Digital Audio.
Findaway World, LLC.
Participants/Performers Read by Suzanne Toren.
Language English
Notes Title from Playaway label.
Release date supplied by publisher.
Previously released by Brilliance Audio, p2005.
In container (21 x 13 x 3 cm.).
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Accompanying material may vary.
System Details Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
Description 1 audio media player (14 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
ISBN 9781605148175
1605148172
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