by Daphne Kalotay
Northwestern University Press, 2019
eISBN: 978-0-8101-4057-8 | Paper: 978-0-8101-4056-1
Library of Congress Classification PS3611.A455B58 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.6

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A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to eastern Afghanistan in 2012, Blue Hours tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines. When we first meet Mim, she is a recent college graduate who has disavowed her lower middle class roots to befriend Kyra, a dancer and daughter of privilege, until calamity causes their estrangement. Twenty years later, Kyra has gone missing from her NGO’s headquarters in Jalalabad, and Mim—now a recluse in rural New England—embarks on a journey to find her. In its nuance, originality, and moral complexity, Blue Hours becomes an unexpected page-turner.