The Hour of Daydreams

Set in the Philippines, a country that is vastly underrepresented in fiction The “he said, she said” theme resonates with the best-selling novels Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff and by Gillian Flynn A fabulist love story about a woman with wings that twists into a darker, more ominous tale as a husband misinterprets his wife’s secrets Fans of small-town fiction will sink into the lush rural landscape and the mix of village voices that take turns narrating the story of two people’s lives Magical realism in the vein of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende Contemporary fiction fans will appreciate discovering a distinctive voice that offers an up-close, tale-telling experience similar to Helen Oyeyemi’s acclaimed Boy, Snow, Bird Accessible for adults and older teens; one of the narrators is the couple’s daughter