Blackbird House (Hoffman, Alice)
 whimsical: This is very beautifully written. I enjoyed the weaving in and out of the story line. extremely well done!: This was such a clever format for a story! The book began in the 1700's and each chapter was about a family or person who lived there [... more]
$19.95
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Indigo
Amazon.com Review: Fans of Alice Hoffman's first novella for children, Aquamarine, will be thrilled to discover Indigo, another watery tale that blends fantasy with reality in a surprising coming-of-age quest. Thirteen-year-old Martha and her best [... more]
$16.95
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Green Angel
yeah, yeah...: Yeah, yeah, Alice Hoffman writes a young adult book, blah blah blah. I found this to be overly prosy and immaturely crafted. It tried to have a dark goth sense about it and perhaps that's just not my genre. I finished it in about an hour ( [... more]
$5.99
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Incantation
Not a balanced view of the Inquisition: A scholarly study published in 2004 found that, during the Inquisition, "Torture was rare and only about 1 percent of those brought before the Spanish Inquisition were actually executed." There may have [... more]
$44.25
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Turtle Moon
Light and fluffy.....: This my second Hoffman book, the first being "Here on Earth", and it reinforced my opinion of her writing. Hoffman is a talented story teller who adds an interesting otherworldliness to her novels but there is not much [... more]
$21.95
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Green Angel
yeah, yeah...: Yeah, yeah, Alice Hoffman writes a young adult book, blah blah blah. I found this to be overly prosy and immaturely crafted. It tried to have a dark goth sense about it and perhaps that's just not my genre. I finished it in about an hour ( [... more]
$16.95
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The Ice Queen
Amazon.com Review: A solitary New Jersey librarian whose favorite book is a guide to suicide methods is struck by lightning in Alice Hoffman's superb novel, The Ice Queen. Orphaned at the age of eight after angrily wishing she would never see her mother [... more]
$31.98
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Practical Magic
Amazon.com Review: For most adults, fairy tales are among the childish things we've put away. Alice Hoffman, however, feels differently. Practical Magic starts out as a tale of Gillian and Sally Owens, two orphaned girls whose aunts are witches--of a [... more]
$7.99
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Blackbird House: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
whimsical: This is very beautifully written. I enjoyed the weaving in and out of the story line. extremely well done!: This was such a clever format for a story! The book began in the 1700's and each chapter was about a family or person who lived there [... more]
$14.00
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Local Girls
Amazon.com Review: More than a collection of short stories, yet not quite a novel, Local Girls occupies an undefined territory between these two forms. The local girls in question are Gretel Samuelson, her best friend, Jill, her mother, Franny, and [... more]
$14.45
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Skylight Confessions: A Novel
Fascinating!: Alice Hoffman draws the imperfect family like no other! I am always captivated by her unique style of writing, and with her quirky characters. As a mental health professional, I found the characters in this story to be particularly [... more]
$29.98
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Skylight Confessions
Fascinating!: Alice Hoffman draws the imperfect family like no other! I am always captivated by her unique style of writing, and with her quirky characters. As a mental health professional, I found the characters in this story to be particularly [... more]
$14.99
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