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Book Synopsis‘Full of Hoffman’s bewitching and lucid prose and vivid characters, The Book of Magic is ultimately about the very human magic of family and love and actions that echo through generations… it casts a spell’ —Matt Haig
THE STUNNING, UNFORGETTABLE CONCLUSION TO THE BELOVED PRACTICAL MAGIC SERIES For centuries, the Owens family has been cursed in matters of love. When beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the sound of the deathwatch beetle, she knows that it is a signal. She has finally discovered the secret to breaking the curse, but time is running out. She has only seven days to live.
Unaware of the family’s witchcraft lineage and all it entails, one of the young sisters of the new Owens generation has fallen in love. As the curse strikes once again, her love’s fate hangs in the balance, spurring three generations of Owens to venture back to where it all began and use their
Trade ReviewPraise for the Practical Magic series ‘Her books are a real pleasure – practical magic’
Kate Atkinson ‘[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible’
Cosmopolitan ‘Dripping with pathos and otherworldly possibility’
Vogue ‘Dark comedy and a light touch carry the story along to a truly Gothic climax, complete with heaving skies and witchery on the lawn’
New York Times ‘A master of magical realism, draws us back into the spellbinding universe of the Owens family with gorgeous prose set against a backdrop of vivid imagery’
Marie Claire ‘A delightful confection – witty, imaginative, unexpectedly touching’
The Times ‘Reading an Alice Hoffman book is like falling into a deep dream where senses are heightened and love reigns supreme… I never wanted to awaken’
Jodi Picoult ‘Hoffman’s classy prose imbues this modern fairy tale with bite as well as beauty’
Mail on Sunday ‘Storytelling is in Hoffman’s bones’
New York Times Book Review ‘Vivid and enchanting… another sublime entry in an arresting series’
Esquire ‘I got so swept up in this enchanting story’
Reese Witherspoon ‘A vivid and evocative tale – prepare to be spellbound’
Woman ‘Full of Hoffman’s bewitching and lucid prose and vivid characters,
The Book of Magic is ultimately about the very human magic of family and love and actions that echo through generations… it casts a spell’
Matt Haig
