Blue Hours
(TriQuarterly 2019)
A Massachusetts Book Awards 2020 Must Read!
A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to eastern Afghanistan in 2012, Blue Hours tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines. Mim, a recent college grad, befriends Kyra, a daughter of privilege, until calamity causes their estrangement. Twenty years later, Kyra has gone missing from her NGO's headquarters in Jalalabad, and Mim - a recluse in rural New England - embarks on a journey to find her. With the moral complexity of Lillian Hellman's Julia and Ann Patchett's State of Wonder, Blue Hours tells a global story at an intimate level, confronting America's role in the conflicted, interconnected world.