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Jena, January 7, 2009 (view all comments by Jena)
Much like as with Under the Tuscan Sun, the movie and the book versions of Practical Magic seem to have very little in common, except for the characters' names. I feel like I need to read this book again in a few weeks or months, when I'll quit looking for much of what happened in the movie to happen in the book, and be able to fall into it a little deeper. For example, and only because I think you should be forewarned before you read this if you've already seen the movie but haven't read the book (I wish I'd known): there's no ghostly possession in the book, no Sally opening her own store, the girls don't stay little, and there is no midnight margarita party scene.
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