Practical Magic
by:
Alice Hoffman (author)
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ISBN-10: 0788733966 ISBN-13: 978-0788733963 Practical Magic is the story of two sisters, Gillian and Sally Owens, brought up by their elderly guardian aunts in a small new England town. But the Owens are far from the average family. Beneath...
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Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ISBN-10: 0788733966 ISBN-13: 978-0788733963 Practical Magic is the story of two sisters, Gillian and Sally Owens, brought up by their elderly guardian aunts in a small new England town. But the Owens are far from the average family. Beneath the wisteria vine twisted over the back door, many of the town's young women
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Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Magical Realism,
Supernatural
For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to...
I'm just gonna c/p the review I sent to my friend who prompted me to read this: My thoughts: I liked it, it seemed VERY hetero-romantic focused in a noticeable way, I realized that using romantic fate as a major plot point is boring for me because it takes choice and nuance out of things, and I like...
I'm just gonna c/p the review I sent to my friend who prompted me to read this: My thoughts: I liked it, it seemed VERY hetero-romantic focused in a noticeable way, I realized that using romantic fate as a major plot point is boring for me because it takes choice and nuance out of things, and I like...
Even though this is a tale about witches, to me it seems more a story about family, specifically sisters but family in general also. And it does have romance too. I enjoyed it.
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman For so many reasons I couldn't quite pinpoint--and had required a long, thorough think--this book was both frustrating and fascinating at the same time. I went through a roller coaster of thinking: "Man, this book is not working for me" to "Hmm... this is actual...