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Practical Magic

Practical Magic

Practical Magic
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Practical Magic Trade paperback - 2003

by Hoffman, Alice

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From the bestselling author of "Blue Diary" comes a novel that reveals what happens when magic competes with real love. At the heart of this work are Gillian and Sally Owens, whose conjuring spinster aunts raised them not with square meals and curfews but with magic spells and respect for the powers of nature.

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Berkley, 2003. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Very Good copy with minimal wear; spine is tight, interior is clean and bright with a touch of creasing on page edges.
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  • Title Practical Magic
  • Author Hoffman, Alice
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 286
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley, New York
  • Publication date 2003
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 636594
  • ISBN 9780425190371 / 0425190374
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: New Age
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Magic
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94047013
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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Summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers...

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally endured that fate as well; as children, the sisters were outsiders. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, but all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back-almost as if by magic...

Reader reviews for Practical Magic

From the publisher

*25th Anniversary Edition*--with an Introduction by the Author!

The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, and The Book of Magic.

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 encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back--almost as if by magic...

"Splendid...Practical Magic is one of [Hoffman's] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is."--Newsweek

"[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible."--Cosmopolitan

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FOR more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town.

Media reviews

"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." -New York Times Book Review

About the author

Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Invisible Hour, The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic (A Reese's Book Club pick), Magic Lessons, The Book of Magic, Here on Earth (An Oprah's Book Club pick), and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.
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