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

[Björg Hákonardóttir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Practical Magic er ein af uppáhalds myndunum mínum þannig ég var mjög spennt að lesa bókina. Ég hélt ég myndi aldrei segja þetta en myndin er 100x betri en bókin! What a let down, handritshöfundar hafa bara rétt fengið grunninn lánaðan en svo er sagan allt allt öðruvísi. Þessi bók er 90% svona “mood setting” og lýsingar á aðstæðum. Samtöl eru nánast engin, kæmust líklegast öll á tvær síður. Nú er ég búin að lesa þrjár af fjórum bókum í þessum bókaflokki og þessi, sem höfundar skrifaði fyrsta af bókunum, er lélegust. Spennt að sjá hvort hún nái að enda sögurnar vel.

[Embla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pikkaði þessa bara upp á bókasafninu afþví ég vissi að myndin fékk góða dóma, en mér til mikilla vonbrigða sökkaði bókin👎🏻 ég er bara orðin svo þreytt á svona sögum um eitthvað sem meikar engan sens og hefur enga dýpt eða karakter. Svo ég mæli ekki með en ég ætla samt að horfa á myndina 🙈

[Eyrún Baldursdóttir · Rating 2 out of 5]

Myndin var betri