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Katherine Hill was born in Washington, D.C., in 1982. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in many publications including n+1, Believer, Bookforum, Colorado Review and the San Francisco Chronicle. This is her first novel.A rewarding<b> family saga</b> <b>reminiscent of Anne Tyler's novels</b> . . . Wonderfully witty
Washington Post
Hill handles<b> the intimacy of family ties with care and tenderness</b> . . . Readers who enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's <i>Freedom </i>will relate as Hill's characters similarly and systematically unravel from each other
Booklist
An <b>affecting tale about decent but flawed people</b>
Publishers Weekly
<i>The Violet Hour</i> succeeds in nearly every measure . . . <b>the story of this family - at once alien and familiar, pitiable and impressive - is rendered with candor and economy</b>
Colorado Review
<b>A bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness</b>
O, The Oprah Magazine
An unusual retrospective of a family torn apart . . . A<b> bleak and disturbing story but one that offers a glimmer of hope</b>
Kirkus Reviews
An <b>absorbing </b>read . . . <b>very good</b> on the unspoken nuances of family life and the irrational irritations we often feel for those we love
Daily Mail
Splices humorous set pieces with gently searing revelations . . . <b>a sophisticated saga, offering easy pleasures with no easy truths</b>
Observer
Cassandra Green has everything - beauty, wealth, a loving husband and a clever daughter. But is it enough?
Cassandra and her husband Abe are on the deck of their boat on a summer afternoon in the San Francisco Bay. There is a terrible row. Cassandra has been unfaithful. Again. In a fit of rage, Abe throws himself off the boat.
So begins The Violet Hour, an unsettling story of a marriage, of rich lives and the American dream, squandered. In this mesmerising novel, Katherine Hill reveals our darkest desires and how we can so easily tear the threads of the perfect life.