Synopses & Reviews
Alice Hoffman is one of our most beloved writers.
Here on Earth was an Oprah Book Club selection.
Practical Magic and
Aquamarine were both bestselling books and Hollywood movies. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by the
New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, the
Los Angeles Times, and
People magazine, and her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the
New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, Redbook, Architectural Digest, Gourmet, and
Self.
Now, in The Third Angel, Hoffman weaves a magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men: Headstrong Madeleine Heller finds herself hopelessly attracted to her sister's fiancé. Frieda Lewis, a doctor's daughter and a runaway, becomes the muse of an ill-fated rock star. And beautiful Bryn Evans is set to marry an Englishman while secretly obsessed with her ex-husband. At the heart of the novel is Lucy Green, who blames herself for a tragic accident she witnessed at the age of twelve, and who spends four decades searching for the Third Angel the angel on earth who will renew her faith.
Brilliantly evoking London's King's Road, Knightsbridge, and Kensington while moving effortlessly back in time, The Third Angel is a work of startling beauty about the unique, alchemical nature of love.
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"Her latest and one of her best is an exceptionally well-structured, beguiling, and affecting triptych of catastrophic love stories....Hoffman has transcended her own genre." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"Once again, novelist Hoffman weaves a mesmerizing tale of the human condition....A solid story with a haunting plot line and interesting characters, this latest novel is sure to please Hoffman's fans and win over new readers. Recommended." Library Journal
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"Though all three episodes are strongly conceived with complex characters, the connecting material includes carelessly repetitive plot devices....Some moving material about love and loss, swamped by authorial excess." Kirkus Reviews
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"Alice Hoffman is my favorite writer." Jodi Picoult
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"The Third Angel is brilliantly crafted, deeply moving, and utterly enchanting. I loved these characters for their complexity, their unpredictability and for the way they showed subtle and shifting nuance in human nature. One of the best things about Alice Hoffman's writing is that she grounds you in detail and also frees your imagination to soar to places it has never been often simultaneously. Reading her is immensely satisfying and addictive!" Elizabeth Berg, author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
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"Alice Hoffman takes seemingly ordinary lives and lets us see and feel
extraordinary things." Amy Tan
About the Author
Alice Hoffman is the author of nineteen novels, including the bestsellers Practical Magic and Here On Earth (an Oprah's Book Club selection); two books of short stories; and eight books for children and young adults. Her work has been published in more than twenty translations and in more than one hundred foreign editions. She divides her time between Boston and New York City.