Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic is at her haunting, thought-provoking best with these interconnected stories about a Long Island family. Alice Hoffman casts her spell over a neighborhood filled with dreamers and dreams as she evokes the world of the Samuelsons, a family torn apart by tragedy and bound together by devotion. As Gretel grows up, she is witness to the breakup of her parents' marriage, the ups and downs of her cousin Margot's search for love, the deterioration of a brother who passes up Harvard for a job at the Food Star, and emotional explosions that shatter the suburban quiet...
Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 05/01/2000
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.14w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780425174340
ISBN10: 0425174344
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Family Life | General
Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 05/01/2000
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.14w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780425174340
ISBN10: 0425174344
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Family Life | General
About the Author
Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, The Red Garden, the Oprah's Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.