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    <body><![CDATA[I have read several books by Alice Hoffman and I have enjoyed them.  Her novels have interesting story lines and often incorporate characters with magical or mystical qualities.  Her novel Here on Earth was a retelling of Wuthering Heights, so it was quite dark. <br/><br/>Skylight Confessions was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58005909">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a familyhaunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here onEarth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks onher door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bringeach other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map noone should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticutcountryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long IslandSound, all in a search for family and identity.There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn toself-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who triesdesperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own lifein a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of brokenpieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made upof people who don't know the first thing about love.Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they havewritten their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glassbreaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONSis a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads thisnovel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the sameway.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like Hoffman's integration of magical undertones throughout her books, so I was initially disappointed that this had a lot more real life than some of her other books I have read. It didn’t take me long to get over this disappointment. She does a stunning job of creating intricate, totall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64708046">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Fans of Alice Hoffman's 17 novels (<em>The Ice Queen</em>; <em>Practical Magic</em>; <em>Turtle Moon</em>) will find familiar elements here: fairy-tale plotting, emotional intensity, a naturalistic magic realism, a timeless setting, and superb storytelling. More tragic than her previous novels, <em>Skylight Confessions</em>__about fat...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45461321">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Arlyn Singer acredita no destino e no poder dos sentimentos. Intimamente, sabe que existem pessoas mágicas «que sabem voar». Naquele que será um dos momentos mais determinantes da sua vida, Arlyn pressente a chegada do seu grande amor. Mas o destino parece pregar-lhe uma partida ao colocar o frio e calculista John Moody no seu caminho. John é o oposto da sonhadora Arlyn. Contudo, a paixão entre ambos é arrebatadora e o casamento inevitável. A vida encarregar-se-á de os levar, a eles e aos seus filhos, a uma insólita casa de vidro no campo, mas também aos arranha-céus de Manhattan e às águas azuis do estreito de Long Island... Um caminho de perda e redenção que inclui Sam, o filho de ambos, um artista brilhante e explosivo; Blanca, a bela solitária que tenta desesperadamente proteger o irmão do seu destino e que vive a sua própria vida num mundo habitado por livros; e Will, o neto, a braços com uma família fragmentada, emocional e misteriosa que, afinal, nada sabe sobre o amor.<br/><br/>Uma família tão real e tão frágil que poderia verdadeiramente ter existido para escrever a sua própria história. Um livro impossível de esquecer, que exigirá um novo olhar sobre a vida familiar e os laços que nos unem.]]>
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel starts as an interesting story of a troubled Connecticut family.  In a boring moment, it becomes a ghost story.  The characters play only one note each, but there are enough of them to keep the story moving at first.  When the ghost is doing something uninteresting single-mindedly, you re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41671643">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading through the mixed reviews on this book I decided to tackle it anyway--I'm so glad I did!  I really enjoyed it.  It's very different than a lot of books I have read.  From the beginning it starts off with a dark mysterious feel and continues that way throughout.  I like the 3 different ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68949010">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Achingly beautiful and filled with heart-wrenchingly real characters: one of Hoffman's best.&quot; -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love. Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in the Connecticut countryside, to the avenues of Manhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound. Glass breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. Ultimately, it falls to their grandson, Will, to solve the emotional puzzle of his family and of his own identity.&quot;Hoffman's shimmering, multigenerational melodrama bewitches with supernatural imagery while imaginatively dramatizing all-too-common heartaches.&quot; -Booklist&quot;Alice Hoffman has written her most spellbinding, accomplished novel yet. . . . Although this is Hoffman's nineteenth book, it feels utterly fresh.Her voice-touched by the cadences of fairy tales-buoys us through the novel's saddest currents.&quot; -More]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em><strong>FOR ADULTS ONLY!</strong><br/><br/>This was an absolutely haunting read, and I don't mean that it's filled with the supernatural, though there is a specter woven into the tale.<br/><br/>This novel is haunting due to the absolute loneliness and lovelessness written into every page, even though to not be l...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56224609">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a lot of Alice Hoffman (prolific author of 18 novels). She has a way of pulling you into stories that touch on the supernatural but are grounded in reality. Skylight Confessions was no exception. It's the story of a couple of generations of New Englanders, none of them quite happy or fulfi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48654073">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Achingly beautiful and filled with heart-wrenchingly real characters: one of Hoffman's best.&quot; -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love. Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in the Connecticut countryside, to the avenues of Manhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound. Glass breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. Ultimately, it falls to their grandson, Will, to solve the emotional puzzle of his family and of his own identity.&quot;Hoffman's shimmering, multigenerational melodrama bewitches with supernatural imagery while imaginatively dramatizing all-too-common heartaches.&quot; -Booklist&quot;Alice Hoffman has written her most spellbinding, accomplished novel yet. . . . Although this is Hoffman's nineteenth book, it feels utterly fresh.Her voice-touched by the cadences of fairy tales-buoys us through the novel's saddest currents.&quot; -More]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like all of Hoffman's books, it deals with themes that are recurrent in a lot of her novels, the mystical, fairy tales, myths, the moment that is the before and the moment that becomes the after, etc...  This books deals with one romance and the outcomes that resulted from it.  The twisted misunders...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41858244">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy Alice Hoffman. She has a beautiful writing style.  She mixes in just a touch of magic or supernatural that it feels entirely plausible. I actually find the ghosts more plausible than the love at first sight romances story line, but then I'm a cynic when it comes to love.  This was mos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61455713">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I'm a glutton for punishment.  My best friend said this book is horrible, but I had to see it myself.  This is definitely not Alice Hoffman's best.  Alice Hoffman is well known for putting a little &quot;ordinary&quot; magic in her stories &amp; even though most of the characters are always trag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56378413">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning new novel about three generations of a family  haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on  Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love.  But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on  her door to ask for directions. Opposites who cannot understand each other,  they are drawn to one another even when it's clear they're bound to bring  each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no  one should follow. It leads them and their children to the Connecticut  countryside, the avenues in Manhattan, the blue waters of the Long Island  Sound, all in a search for family and identity.  There is Sam, the brilliant explosive artist who is drawn to  self-destruction and dreams. Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries  desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life  in a world of books. And Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken  pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up  of people who don't know the first thing about love.  Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted it is as if they have  written their own riveting history--a quest for love and truth. Glass  breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS  is a luminous and elegant work of true originality. No one who reads this  novel will ever forget it or look at their own family in quite the same  way.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Skylight Confessions, much like Hoffman's other works, magical realism is threaded through a sensual, compelling book devoted to the subjects of loss, lust, and love. Archetypal, almost fairytale-like images (stones, glass houses, pathways, water, pearls, ghosts, and mothers) are woven throughout...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29361624">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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