Practical Magic: 25th Anniversary Edition: 1 - Brossura

Hoffman, Alice

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ISBN 10: 0425190374 ISBN 13: 9780425190371

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2003

Riassunto

Sorcery is the legacy of Gillian and Sally Owens, a two-hundred-year-old family legacy they both try to escape--one through marriage, the other through running away--until they realize that their magic is a gift, rather than an affliction. Reprint.

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Praise for Practical Magic

“A beautiful, moving book about the power of love and the desires of the heart.”—Denver Post

“Charmingly told, and a good deal of fun.”—The New York Times Book Review

“One of her most lyrical works...Hoffman is at her best.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

“Written with a light hand and rhythm...Practical Magic has the pace of a fairy tale but with the impact of accomplished fiction.”—People

“A sweet, sweet story that like the best fairy tales says more than at first it seems to.”—New York Daily News

“[Hoffman] has proved once again her potency as a storyteller, combining the mundane with the fantastic in a totally engaging way.”—The Orlando Sentinel

“Hoffman's writing has plenty of power. Her best sentences are like incantations—they won't let you get away.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Witches and ghosts, spells and sleight-of-hand weave a fanciful atmospehere in Alice Hoffman's tender comedy about clairvoyance, spells, and family ties.”—The Miami Herald

“A cosmic romance leavened with just the right touch of pragmatism and humor.”—Booklist
 

L'autore:

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0425190374
• ISBN 13: 9780425190371
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320