STARRED Book Review: In The Vanishing Hour
Reviewed by Melissa Suggitt
One river. Two tragedies. A mystery slowly unravels with growing unease.
In the Vanishing Hour is the story of two people haunted by the past in their little New England town of Norumbega. The town is home to the Charles River, a river that has claimed lives more entwined than anyone dared imagine…
Eight years after her brother Mac's tragic drowning, 20-year-old Frances has never recovered. She became a shell of the girl she once was, and she longs to be something more, to see someone else when she looks in the mirror. With her friend Iris by her side, she feels like she's struggling through life, quiet and reserved.
When she meets new model Gwen at the department store where she works, Frances is set down a new path and begins to explore the possibility that there could be more for her out there. But how can she move forward and live a life she dreams of when she can't outrun her grief or control her newest obsession?
Then there's Harris, who feels trapped, doomed to spend his days lurking Norumbega with his two loser friends, the shadow of what he's done looming over him. He needs to decide: take a risk and leave now, or stay?
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