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Blue Hours

  • Publication Date: May 6, 2025
  • ISBN: 9781990601897 / 1990601898
  • 304 pages; 5½" x 8½"

A novel about fatherhood, grief, unanswerable questions, and the small, magical moments that make up life.

Keith has always striven to break rules as he navigates full-time parenting and supports the career of his successful photographer wife. Her unexpected illness and death leaves both him and his son Charlie in bits. When they take a road trip, a journey begins that does not end when they return home.

Keith must deal with revelations that complicate his grief, even as Charlie’s response is unsettling. Together, father and son connect with loved ones, strangers, and each other. Life’s magical and mystical moments emerge. Is it enough to heal, though?

Praise for Blue Hours

Blue Hours is both exquisitely written and engrossing, a painfully intimate story of a father grieving his partner, and the ways, like photographers crafting images, we both “make” and “take” the people in our closest relationships. With prose that’s both heady and plainspoken, Alison Acheson casts a spell on her readers.” – Kevin Chong, author of The Double Life of Benson Yu

Praise for Alison Acheson

“A raw, elegant, and beautiful masterclass on love, loss, marriage and grief from an unflinching storyteller.” – Lindsay Wong, author of The Woo Woo

“A story told with honesty and grace.” – Toronto Star

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