01579cam a2200289 i 4500 898099923 TxAuBib 20230723120000.0 230418s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982175375 HRD 27.99 1982175370 HRD 27.99 (OCoLC)1380377570 TxAuBib rda Hoffman, Alice. The invisible hour : a novel / Alice Hoffman. New York : Atria Books, 2023. 272 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ivy Jacob's ever-disappointed mother and stern father react badly to news of her teen pregnancy, prompting her to run away from her tony Boston home for Western Massachusetts, where she's embraced by a group called The Community. There, she gives birth to her daughter, Mia, and marries the group's charismatic but controlling leader, Joel, when Mia is three months old. The Community's rules are draconian--members are branded with letters corresponding to their alleged crimes--and eventually the abuse weighs on Ivy's conscience. At 16, Mia secretly takes out books from a nearby library (education and reading are forbidden after members turn 15), and she tries to convince her mother to join her in an escape. jz. 20230725. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Cults Fiction. Historical fiction.