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Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic

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ISBN13: 9780425190371
ISBN10: 0425190374
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One of my all-time favorite books and series. Please note, this book is different than the movie but still has all the fun, love, magic, and family that made the film so wonderful. Hoffman’s book makes me want to believe in magic and “love that even time will lie down and be still for." Practical Magic is for fans of magic, love, the journey of finding your own path, and the power of sisterhood. Recommended By Sydney W., Powells.com

Like a lot of folks, I grew up with Practical Magic somehow constantly playing on TV somewhere in the house, so I think I went into Hoffman's book with low expectations and unintentionally did myself a favor. Pretty much a total departure from the movie, Hoffman's classic is still just as sweet and sexy — the Owen sisters navigate their supposed magical gifts and outwit complicated familial curses with their love for each other and their world. Recommended By SitaraG, Powells.com

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"Hoffman's best since Illumination Night....The real and the magical worlds are almost seamlessly mixed here, the humor is sharper than in previous books, the characters' eccentricities grow credibly out of their past experiences and the poignant lessons they learn reverberate against the reader's heartstrings, stroked by Hoffman's lyrical prose." Publishers Weekly

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"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....There's magic throughout the book....But the real spell is the one cast by Hoffman's splendid writing." Newsweek

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"Magic, fantasy, and full-tilt love-at-first-sight have figured in all of Hoffman's sexy, funny, and endearing novels, but they blossom as they never have before in her latest effort....Hoffman has created a cosmic romance leavened with just the right touch of pragmatism and humor." Donna Seaman, Booklist

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"Practical Magic is vintage Hoffman." School Library Journal

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A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible. Cosmopolitan
The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman.
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 conconctions 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 Magicis 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



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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 and Magic Lessons.

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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*25th Anniversary Edition*--with a New 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 and Magic Lessons.

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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Practical Magic is a tale of two sisters, Gillian and Sally Owens, brought up by their two elderly guardian aunts in a world of spells and exotica from which they eventually escape — one by running away, the other by marrying — but which never escapes from them. Many years go by before strange circumstances thrust them together again, and again they are in a world that blends the mundane and the mysterious, the familiar and the fantastic, the normal and the numinous. Three generations of Owens women are then united in an experience of unexpected insight and revelation, teaching all of them that the perceptions provided by what is called the magical are rare and wonderful endowments.

About the Author

Alice Hoffman is the author of Blue Diary; Property Of; The Drowning Season; Angel Landing; White Horses; Illumination Night; Fortune's Daughter; At Risk; Seventh Heaven; Turtle Moon; Second Nature; Practical Magic; Here on Earth; Local Girls; and The River King.

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Sheila Deeth , April 15, 2019 (view all comments by Sheila Deeth)
Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic introduces fascinating characters and imbues them with a touch of magical mystery, quietly (and wisely) leaving the reader to discover, guess, or intuit whether magic is real. The sisters may just be normal outsides, growing up in a strange household and rejected by their community, or… They may be sisters who truly care for each other, or competitors unable to care. And the aunts… Coincidence, potions, maybe spells; Practical Magic is a novel with almost overpowering humanity; a delight for the senses filled with plants, growth and wonder; and a hauntingly evocative tale of belonging, unbelonging, relationship, parenthood and love. Disclosure: I got it for Christmas and I love it.

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WY , April 12, 2015 (view all comments by WY)
A beautifully written novel on love, sisterhood, and finding happiness, even if you are a witch. The book centers on two sisters, one who follows her impulses and the other who tries to control her life and create happiness through conventionality. Both sisters have to learn how to explore their desires and what really makes them happy and fulfilled.

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WY , April 12, 2015 (view all comments by WY)
A beautifully written story on sisterhood and love, who also happen to be witches. While one sister follows her impulses, the other sister tries to button down her life to appear as normal as possible. Overall, both of them have to learn that their attempts to control or not control their lives has a different effect than intended while still working towards becoming and being happy and fulfilled.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425190371
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/05/2003
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Pages:
286
Height:
.90IN
Width:
5.10IN
Thickness:
.75
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2003
Series Volume:
108-84
UPC Code:
2800425190373
Author:
Alice Hoffman
Subject:
Metaphysics -- Fiction.
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Visionary & metaphysical
Subject:
Occult fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Witches

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