The Rules of Magic (Unabridged)
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
An instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from beloved author Alice Hoffman—the spellbinding prequel to Practical Magic.
Find your magic.
For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.
Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.
From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Yet, the children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. The two beautiful sisters will grow up to be the memorable aunts in Practical Magic, while Vincent, their beloved brother, will leave an unexpected legacy.
Alice Hoffman delivers “fairy-tale promise with real-life struggle” (The New York Times Book Review) in a story how the only remedy for being human is to be true to yourself. Thrilling and exquisite, real and fantastical, The Rules of Magic is “irresistible…the kind of book you race through, then pause at the last forty pages, savoring your final moments with the characters” (USA TODAY, 4/4 stars).
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Spells and curses blend seamlessly with the witchiest aesthetics of ’60s hippie culture in Alice Hoffman’s delightful prequel to Practical Magic. The most turbulent decade of the 20th century is in full swing. Frances and Jet (the aunts from Practical Magic) and their charming brother, Vincent, are coming of age with the Owens family curse hanging over their heads—the one that dooms any man who falls for one of them. But love can’t be stopped, even by a deadly, centuries-old hex. Hoffman cleverly uses real-world events to demonstrate how the powers of witchcraft can have far-reaching consequences. We were swept away by the romantic tribulations of the Owens siblings as they deal with their familial jinx, hoping against hope for a happy ending. Narrator Marin Ireland’s warm voice is like a mystical incantation that’s perfectly suited to this whimsical tale. Whether or not you’ve read the earlier book, The Rules of Magic feels, well, magical.
Customer Reviews
Worth the read!
If you’ve watched “Practical Magic”, you’ll like this book. It gives an interesting insight to the adolescent lives of the Aunts…and just how heartbreaking the family curse can actually be.
A great story
I read Magic Lessons, then Rules of Magic and lastly Practical Magic. I really enjoyed this book and fell in love with the all the Owens characters. I highly recommend this book and you can read them in any order.
Beautiful.
Worth every second.