Local Girls
by:
Alice Hoffman (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786220106 (0786220104)
Publish date: July 1st 2000
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Womens
More than a story about transformation, it is one of transcendence. The version I read, bore the cover image of a hand attempting to grab at a heel, and it reminded me of the Biblical Jacob's attempt to usurp his brother Esau's birthright. The characters in this story aimed to overcome their difficu...
The shorts were okay alone, but didn't work as an overall book for me. They just didn't fit together properly, and they tried to be a complete story. It can work, it has in the past, but it didn't work in this case for me. Also, super depressing. Blargh. Onto Practical Magic!
Four minus.Sweet and short, in that order. I finished it in one evening.Hoffman has a wonderful writing style. She wrote "Practical Magic," which was made into a movie. If you've seen it, you know that she's strong on female characters and the bonds between them. Reading this book, I fell in lov...
In this coming of age tale, Gretel and Jill are Long Island teens in a contemporary setting, Franconia, a place so bereft of imagination that all the local enterprises use the town’s name for theirs. There are moments in which magic enlivens the story and provides a context. In one, Gretel and Jaso...
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