A course adoption for Florida high school English curricula for the 2004-2005 school year, The Turning Hour is a modern classic about a teenager?s recovery from attempted suicide. In this timely tale, told from the perspective of Bergin Talbot and her mother, we learn what is missing from Bergin?s life and why she couldn?t find it. And we learn why those closest to her did not realize something was wrong. Just as teen suicide?a national crisis on the rise?can affect anyone?s neighborhood, this story is peopled with characters who could live in anyone?s neighborhood: a mother whose family?s achievements set a daunting example, a daughter caught in a double bind, a father and a stepfather struggling to understand themselves and the women they love, an unconventional psychiatrist with a secret of her own, and a pet pig who lives behind an azalea bush.The Turning Hour will make you laugh and make you cry, but most importantly it will make you realize This could happen to someone I love .