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| Original Title: | Practical Magic |
| ISBN: | 0425190374 (ISBN13: 9780425190371) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Practical Magic #1 |
| Characters: | Sally Owens, Gillian Owens, Antonia Owens, Kylie Owens |
| Setting: | Massachusetts(United States) |
Alice Hoffman
Paperback | Pages: 286 pages Rating: 3.78 | 64945 Users | 5372 Reviews
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| Title | : | Practical Magic (Practical Magic #1) |
| Author | : | Alice Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Reissue |
| Pages | : | Pages: 286 pages |
| Published | : | August 5th 2003 by Penguin (first published July 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Magical Realism. Romance. Paranormal. Witches. Magic |
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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 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...
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Ratings: 3.78 From 64945 Users | 5372 ReviewsWrite-Up Based On Books Practical Magic (Practical Magic #1)
2007 reviewI just love this book, really. It makes me smile just to think about it. I've read it twice now, and in a year or so will be ready for a re-read. The movie is good, too, but I love the book best, An Utterly Delightful novel about the magic of life.From the PublisherPractical 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 byThe first clue that this was going to be a slog was the two audio versions. Unabridged, the running time is 9 hours 12 minutes. The abridged version is a mere 3 hours 6 minutes. As a general rule, if you can cut 70% of your book and its still coherent, thats not a good sign.Unfortunately the purist in me had to listen to the unabridged version. Now that its over, I can confirm that 70% could easily be cut. Probably more.Thats not to say the entire experience was terrible. Hoffman is clearly a
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman is 2003 Penguin publication. (Originally published in 1995)When I heard Hoffman was releasing a prequel to Practical Magic, this past year, I knew I wanted to read it, but before I did, I needed to reacquaint myself with this book. I read this book a long, long time ago, even before the movie was released. But, the book was something entirely different from the movie, which is a very charming and delightful adaptation, in my opinion. You put the lime in the
Even though I've read this book a few times before, it's just as good as the first time.Alice Hoffman has what I call a cinematic style of bringing fairy-tale-like narrations to contemporary story and setting, specifically New England. So it's no surprise when this book was turned into a movie not long after publication. As a matter of fact, the movie is better known than the book. There are people who still don't know that it's only an adaptation.Book- What I've always liked about this book
[Review written by my high school self] I used to love the movie for this book, and I didnt even know until after I had seen it that it was originally in book form. After finally getting a copy of the book and reading it, something magical happened: I didnt know which one I liked better. Usually, having to decide favorites between the book and the movie is very easy. Except in the case of Grisham's The Pelican Brief, I almost always prefer the book versions. In some cases (as with Gone with the
This one is a hard one to review. I think most know the movie Practical Magic. I love this movie as I'm sure that most do. Everytime it's on, I watch it. Does not matter at what time I catch it, I watch till the end and swoon. When I started watching the movie, initially, I had no idea it was based on a book. So for years now I've been wanting to read this one. But then I see the movie is on and watch it. But the prequel is coming out and I have a copy and figured it's time I read it.Let me just
This was first book to read by Alice Hoffman and now I suspect I will read all of her books in one quick, furious reading marathon. Her rhythm and cadence allows the reader to feel as though she is speaking directly to you, telling you a long, wonderful story, rather than you - the reader - plowing through a book. Hoffman is delightful, her characters full of quirk and charm. You want to know them, to be them and never let them go when you are finished. What more can a reader ask of an author or
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