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title: "The Violet Hour: A Novel Paperback – August 12, 2014"
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# The Violet Hour: A Novel Paperback – August 12, 2014

**Brand:** katherine hill
**Price:** $U1600
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Violet Hour: A Novel Paperback – August 12, 2014 by katherine hill
- **How much does it cost?** $U1600 with free shipping
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			        		&#x201C;Rewarding...Assured...as with the family members in Jonathan Tropper&apos;s This Is Where I Leave You...Elizabeth&apos;s relatives are not always well-behaved...[but] their petty grievances are as fun as real grief is devastating. Thanks to Hill&#x2019;s assured voice, the Fabricants&#x2019; occasional flashes of harmony and humor will leave you with the charmed feeling of having seen a rainbow over the Beltway.&#x201D; (Elisabeth Egan The Washington Post Book World)&#x201C;A gripping debut&#x2026;&#x201D; (Sue Corbett People)&#x201C;A bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness, this debut novel begins at the end of a marriage and journeys back through time to explore why the relationship slowly frayed.&#x201D; (Abbe Wright O, the Oprah magazine)&#x201C;The Violet Hour succeeds.&#x2026;The story of this family&#x2014;at once alien and familiar, pitiable and impressive&#x2014;is rendered with candor and economy.&#x201D; (Derek Askey Colorado Review)&#x201C;Hill is particularly capable as a manufacturer of taut, precise imagery, which she most effectively unleashes here as the book&#x2019;s first plot point takes its turn&#x2026;.Hill is most persuasive as a writer when she defines and explores relentless internal conflicts and divisions.&#x2026;The Violet Hour is filled with controlled and yet expansive prose.&#x201D; (Nathaniel Popkin Philadelphia Inquirer)&#x201C;In Hill&#x2019;s debut, members of a troubled family converge to celebrate a milestone, with unexpected results.&#x2026;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&#x2019;s transpiring around them.&#x2026;[A] disturbing story but one that offers a glimmer of hope.&#x201D; (Kirkus Reviews)&#x201C;Hill handles the intimacy of family ties with care and tenderness. Readers who enjoyed Jonathan Franzen&#x2019;s Freedom will relate as Hill&#x2019;s characters similarly and systematically unravel from each other.&#x201D; (Booklist)&#x201C;Katherine Hill&#x2019;s The Violet Hour reminds us that in every family mistakes are made&#x2014;and redemption is possible. A wise, engrossing novel of familial love, betrayal, and forgiveness.&#x201D; (Kate Walbert, author of A Short History of Women)&quot;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 &apos;70s to post-9/11 Manhattan, The Violet Hour is an old-fashioned family romance.&quot; (Stewart O&#x2019;Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster and Emily, Alone)&#x201C;The Violet Hour is an altogether entrancing novel. Katherine Hill&#x2019;s fresh, intelligent voice and extraordinary skill take an age-old theme&#x2014;three generations of an unhappy family&#x2014;and make it original, poignant and luminous. I was sorry when their story ended!&#x201D; (Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of Disturbances in the Field and Two-Part Inventions)
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		Katherine Hill&#xA0;is a graduate of Yale University and holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her writing has been published by&#xA0;AGNI,&#xA0;The Believer,&#xA0;Bookforum,&#xA0;Colorado Review,&#xA0;The&#xA0;Common,&#xA0;n+1, and the&#xA0;San Francisco Chronicle. She is an assistant editor at&#xA0;Barrelhouse,and lives with her husband in Princeton, New Jersey.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐ Depressing Read
            
*by M***S on October 2, 2014*

This started out with an interesting situation  (man jumping off side of boat;  when, how, why? ) and goes downhill from there. To say this is a depressing read is an understatement. I can't believe I finished it. I kept thinking there would be some pay off and revelation towards the end but it never happened.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐ Disappointed
            
*by A***M on July 31, 2016*

Interesting characters that you are waiting for that transformation or drastic move from.  It never happens. The only big move is the one that starts the book.  Some characters just fade away into nothingness.  The writing is good but the story let me down.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful, revealing characters
            
*by W***Y on November 13, 2013*

Excellent, realistic depiction of relationships where you can see yourself in the actions and reactions of the characters that then helps you reflect on your own approach to your personal relationships.
  

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