The Golden Hour

Synopsis

A frustrated artist with a traumatic past finds mystery and healing on a remote Maine island in this &“richly told and hauntingly beautiful&” novel (Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author). Years ago on a spring afternoon, thirteen-year-old Wyn Davies took a shortcut through the woods in her New Hampshire hometown and became a cautionary tale. Now, twenty years later, she lives in New York, on the opposite side of a duplex from her ex, with their four-year-old daughter shuttling between them. Wyn makes her living painting commissioned canvases of birch trees to match her clients&’ furnishings. But the nagging sense that she has sold her artistic soul is soon eclipsed by a greater fear. Robby Rousseau, who has spent the past two decades in prison for a terrible crime against her, may be released based on new DNA evidence—unless Wyn breaks her silence about that afternoon. To clear her head, Wyn agrees to be temporary caretaker for a friend&’s new property on an island off the coast of Maine. The house has been empty for years, and in the basement Wyn discovers a box of film canisters labeled &“Epitaphs and Prophecies.&” Like time capsules, the photographs help her piece together the life of the house&’s former owner, an artistic young mother. But there is a mystery behind the images too, and unraveling it will force Wyn to finally confront what happened in those woods—and perhaps escape them at last.&“An emotionally charged novel with many layers, rounded out by a cast of memorable characters.&”—Publishers Weekly

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

326 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780758290588

Related ISBNs:

9780758290571

Publisher:

Kensington Books

Date of Addition:

10/17/25

Copyrighted By:

T. Greenwood

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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