~ Trade Paperback

~ New Release - 2023

Ivy Jacob is broken beyond repair when she enters a community without books.  Soon, her daughter Mia is born into the same world, her fate is also sealed, until the girl steals away and finds respite in a forbidden library.  As Mia reads, she disappears into the story as readers do and finds herself there, in a place and time that will unlock her destiny . . .  

Celebrate the enduring magic of books with The Invisible Hour, the latest novel from the reigning queen of magical realism Alice Hoffman as she takes readers on a fantastic, mystical journey that celebrates the joy and power of reading and that dares to believe in the impossible.

"A wonderful story of love and growth, but also a narrative engine of great power." -- Stephen King, bestselling author of Holly, Fairy Tale, 11/22/63, and The Stand