The Blue Hour

A stunning portrait of a mountain community over the course of one eventful winter by the critically acclaimed author of Stars Go Blue

The residents of Blue Moon Mountain form
a tight-knit community of those living off
the land, stunned by the beauty and isolation
all around them. So when, at the onset
of winter, the town veterinarian commits a
violent act, the repercussions of that tragedy
will be felt all across the mountainside,
upending their lives and causing their paths
to twist and collide in unexpected ways.


The housecleaner rediscovering her sexual
appetite, the farrier who must take in
his traumatized niece, the grocer and her
daughter, the therapist and the teacher,
reaching out to the world in new and surprising
ways. They will all rise and converge
upon the blue hour—l’heure bleue, a time
of desire, lust, honesty—and learn to navigate
the often confusing paths of mourning
and love.


Writing with passion for rural lives and
the natural world, Laura Pritchett, who has
been called “one of the most accomplished
writers of the American West,” graces the
land of desire in vivid prose, exploring the
lengths these characters—some of whom
we’ve met in Pritchett’s previous work—will
traverse to protect their own.