Practical Magic

Practical Magic #1

by Alice Hoffman

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...

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance, Witches, Magic, Audiobook

286 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew; The Marriage of Opposites; The Red Garden; The Museum of Extraordinary Things; The Dovekeepers; Here on Earth, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series, including Practical
Magic; Magic Lessons; The Rules of Magic, a selection of Reese’s Book Club; and The Book of Magic. She lives near Boston.

Reviews

[Malene Erika Kristensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

En blandet fornøjelse.

[clara · Rating 4.25 out of 5]

Jeg elskede den! Synes den blandede magisk realisme og en virkelig fin fortælling om kvindelige relationer på en måde jeg virkelig godt kunne lide. Plottet var markant anderledes end i filmen, men det kunne jeg nu egentlig ret godt lide - den handlede langt mere om The Owens women end om den klamme mand og det elskede jeg