BLUE HOUR

'In lyrical language, Harrison skillfully explores the complex tensions that gnaw at the expectant mother [...] and offers an intimate view of the couple's pain. This signals the arrival of a brave new writer'
- Publishers Weekly 

'In a world full of demands and distractions, Blue Hour asks us to pause and sit with our grief. Challenging, intimate, and relevant, this novel is a meditation on the boundaries of hope'
- Osa Atoe, author of Shotgun Seamstress  

'Blue Hour is a poetic and feverish debut, a story that laces together the struggles of marriage and motherhood, art and artist, race and violence in America into a powerful web, much bigger and stronger than its slender spine would suggest. If you loved Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, the work of Rachel Cusk, or Luster by Raven Leilani, this book is for you'
- Ashley Warlick, author of The Arrangement  

'Blue Hour has captured the dark question of modern motherhood amid police brutality and racism in America-do we really want to bring kids into this? There is no other book I'd rather read, than hers . . . I never want to love or lose again without it'
- Sarah Hosseini, Writer, Journalist, Professor  

'Blue Hour is a pulsing and powerful novel about grief, motherhood, storytelling, and self. At once ragged, raw, and transcendent, Harrison's novel marries the universality of maternal love and loss with the specificity of mothering Black and biracial children in contemporary America. A short, beautiful, intensely present work of art'
- Lydia Kielsing, author of The Golden State  

'A poetic novel that dances on the edge of hope and despair'
- Kirkus Reviews 

'With every word, Blue Hour cautions against holding back: from being seen, heard and understood; from persevering in spite of forces that would see you destroyed; and from expressing love on every possible occasion, before your chances run out'
- Gianni Washington, Chicago Review of Books