Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Genre: Fiction; Sisters
Sub Genre: Urban Fantasy; Witches, Magic
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
This is from the back cover of the book: For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally endured that fate: 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 darkened house and their love concoctions and their crowd of black cats. All Gillian and Sally wanted to do was escape. One would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back to each other, and to the magic, they couldn’t escape.
This is a story more about sisters than about magic. I know that many people know it due to the movie that was made based off the book. The movie is a little more magical than the book, but both are good in their own rights. I like that the book as it is a little more down to earth. There is also more character building for both the main characters. But then I am always am one who will say read the book before you see the movie. I really liked this book it’s just a good story. And one that I have personally read a couple of times.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0425190374
Pages: 286
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(Image is actual cover of the book)
I've gotta read this one! I had no idea that the movie was also a book.
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It's really good.
hufft. I seem to be stuck in my own classic bubble. I am currently hunting books for winter :D Let's see if I can find that novel in my country ^^
It's been out for a while so you might.
Good post! Yeah it is always better to read before watching the movie I agree. But I did not know it was a famous movie.
This is the movie poster.
Oh I see I see. Looks interesting. Thank you!