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At Risk by Alice Hoffman

At Risk

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

By Alice Hoffman

Best Seller
Paperback $16.00

Nov 01, 1998 | 272 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Sep 01, 1989 | 288 Pages *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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    About At Risk

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic comes a “memorable…striking”(Village Voice) novel that vividly portrays an American family shattered by tragedy.

    Ivan and Polly Farrell have two bright and talented children. Eight-year-old Charlie has his father’s scientific mind. Amanda, eleven, possesses the unusual strength and determination that has made her a promising gymnast. But her strength runs out as she becomes ill—and when she is diagnosed with AIDS, her family must draw on their own strengths as they come face-to-face with their deepest fears.

    “Brilliant…explosive…heart-rending.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Compelling power…tenderness and perceptiveness.”—The New York Times

    About At Risk

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic comes a “memorable…striking”(Village Voice) novel that vividly portrays an American family shattered by tragedy.

    Ivan and Polly Farrell have two bright and talented children. Eight-year-old Charlie has his father’s scientific mind. Amanda, eleven, possesses the unusual strength and determination that has made her a promising gymnast. But her strength runs out as she becomes ill—and when she is diagnosed with AIDS, her family must draw on their own strengths as they come face-to-face with their deepest fears.

    “Brilliant…explosive…heart-rending.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Compelling power…tenderness and perceptiveness.”—The New York Times

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    Also by Alice Hoffman

    Nightbird
    The Red Garden
    The Story Sisters
    The Third Angel
    Blackbird House
    See all books by 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: Women’s Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Berkley
    Nov 01, 1998 | 272 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780425165294

    Category: Women’s Fiction

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Berkley
    Sep 01, 1989 | 288 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780425117385

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    Praise

    Praise for At Risk

    “Graceful…emotionally potent…A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way.”—Glamour

    “Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl… Moving, dramatic and painfully human.”—Miami Herald

    “I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly… extraordinary.”—Mademoiselle

    “Deeply impressive…powerful.”—Newsweek

    “Deeply moving…Sensitivity and empathy…radiate from this beautiful novel.”—Chicago Sun-Times

    “Compassionate…This is a serious, honest novel.”—Village Voice

    “Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable.”—Kirkus Reviews

    “An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel.”—Joseph Heller

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