Blue Hours - Acheson, Alison
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A tender novel about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions, and the small, magical moments that make up a life. In Blue Hours, proud stay-at-home dad Keith struggles to rebuilt his life after the sudden death of his wife, while guiding their sensitive and curious six-year-old son, Charlie, through his own profound loss. But as Keith sorts through his wife's belongings, his grief is complicated by revelations that challenge everything he thought he knew. As Keith faces the reality that his life's meaning may have been built on lies, Charlie stops speaking altogether. Together, Keith and…mehr

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A tender novel about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions, and the small, magical moments that make up a life. In Blue Hours, proud stay-at-home dad Keith struggles to rebuilt his life after the sudden death of his wife, while guiding their sensitive and curious six-year-old son, Charlie, through his own profound loss. But as Keith sorts through his wife's belongings, his grief is complicated by revelations that challenge everything he thought he knew. As Keith faces the reality that his life's meaning may have been built on lies, Charlie stops speaking altogether. Together, Keith and Charlie forge new connections with strangers, loved ones, and each other, learning to focus on small, magical moments that help them find a way forward. Alison Acheson has penned a tender, immersive, and intimate novel about the aftermath of grief and the ways that we are - and aren't - known to each other.
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Autorenporträt
Alison Acheson is the author of Dance Me to the End: Ten Months and Ten Days with ALS (Brindle & Glass), which was praised by the Toronto Star as "an achingly painful memoir . . . told with honesty and grace" and the short story collection Learning to Live Indoors (Porcupine's Quill), which was praised by the Globe & Mail for its "arresting and crystalline clarity." She has also published nine books for young readers, including the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year finalist, Mud Girl. She lives in Vancouver.