The Blue Hour Before Sunrise

Kimberly Verhines’ The Blue Hour Before Sunrise is a brave work of literary nonfiction. Unflinchingly, Verhines explores the events that lead to the suicide of her 19-year-old son and the harrowing territories of grief and hard-won resolution that follow in the long aftermath of his death. Maintaining the delicate balance between courage and collapse, Verhines tackles her and her son’s story in terms that are poignant and indispensible, marked by a beauty comprised of the most remarkable of lyrical prose.