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Practical Magic

25th Anniversary Edition

Deluxe Edition

By Alice Hoffman
Introduction by Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman
Introduction by Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

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Part of The Practical Magic Series

Part of The Practical Magic Series

Paperback $17.00

Aug 05, 2003 | ISBN 9780425190371

Hardcover $30.00

Oct 03, 2023 | ISBN 9780593718148

Ebook $11.99

Aug 05, 2003 | ISBN 9781440673757

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    About Practical Magic

    *25th Anniversary Edition*—with an Introduction by the Author!

    The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, and The Book of Magic.

    For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: 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 musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic…

    “Splendid…Practical Magic is one of [Hoffman’s] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is.”—Newsweek

    “[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible.”—Cosmopolitan

    About Practical Magic

    The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman—now in a gorgeous deluxe hardcover edition.

    For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: 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 musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic…


    “Splendid…Practical Magic is one of [Hoffman’s] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is.”—Newsweek

    “[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible.”—Cosmopolitan

    About Practical Magic

    *25th Anniversary Edition*—with an Introduction by the Author!

    The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, and The Book of Magic.

    For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: 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 musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic…

    “Splendid…Practical Magic is one of [Hoffman’s] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is.”—Newsweek

    “[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible.”—Cosmopolitan

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    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, 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…. More about Alice Hoffman

    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, 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…. More about Alice Hoffman

    About Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, 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…. More about Alice Hoffman

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fantasy

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 05, 2003 | 320 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780425190371

    Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fantasy

    Hardcover | $30.00
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Oct 03, 2023 | 304 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780593718148

    Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fantasy

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 05, 2003 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781440673757
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    Praise

    Praise for Practical Magic

    “A beautiful, moving book about the power of love and the desires of the heart.”—Denver Post

    “Charmingly told, and a good deal of fun.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “One of her most lyrical works…Hoffman is at her best.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

    “Written with a light hand and rhythm…Practical Magic has the pace of a fairy tale but with the impact of accomplished fiction.”—People

    “A sweet, sweet story that like the best fairy tales says more than at first it seems to.”—New York Daily News

    “[Hoffman] has proved once again her potency as a storyteller, combining the mundane with the fantastic in a totally engaging way.”—The Orlando Sentinel

    “Hoffman’s writing has plenty of power. Her best sentences are like incantations—they won’t let you get away.”—Kirkus Reviews

    “Witches and ghosts, spells and sleight-of-hand weave a fanciful atmosphere in Alice Hoffman’s tender comedy about clairvoyance, spells, and family ties.”—The Miami Herald

    “A cosmic romance leavened with just the right touch of pragmatism and humor.”—Booklist

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