Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1)

by Alice Hoffman

In her opinion, everything goes wrong if you give it enough time. Close your eyes, count to three, and chances are you’ll have some sort of disaster creeping up on you.

Some women believe that a green light in the east can reverse the aging process, and sure enough Sally feels as though she were fourteen.

She had the same look on her face then as she does now, an unlikely combination of dreaminess and iron.