The Rules of Magic - Practical Magic Series #2
by Alice Hoffman
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1398515507
- ISBN 13
- 9781398515505
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Scribner, London, 2022. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 367 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Scribner, London, 2022. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 peoples 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN/EAN: 9781398515505. Inventory No: 24040056.. 9781398515505
Reviews
On Apr 12 2021, CloggieDownunder said:
The Rules of Magic is a prequel in Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic series. It is June 1960 when the Owens siblings, Frances, Bridget and Vincent, leave New York to spend summer for the first time with their Aunt Isabelle in the Magnolia Street house in Massachusetts. Their parents are resigned to this, but neither is pleased. Susanna has done her utmost to steer her children towards a normal life, and away from all things magical, but prohibition has been ineffective.
Even at fourteen years old, Vincent accepts that they are different, having sought out a copy of the banned Magus downtown. He freely shares his musical talents, but hides his clairvoyance, disturbed enough by it to resort to alcohol, and later ventures into the darker side of his craft.
When April Owens, their eighteen-year-old, rebellious second (or third or fifth) cousin, turns up at Magnolia Street, the sisters are wary, but the connection with Vincent can't be denied.
It's clear that his sisters have gifts too: seventeen-year-old Franny has an uncanny connection to birds; sixteen-year-old Jet can almost always tell what people are thinking. Vincent suggests his older sisters acknowledge what they are. Aunt Isabelle counsels that to deny who you are only brings unhappiness.
By the time they leave Aunt Isabelle's, Franny has read Mary Owens's diary and knows about the curse that afflicts all members of the Owens family: Ruination for any man who fell in love with them. Each of the siblings starts out determined not to inflict this on anyone, but how can you control falling in love? Besides which, one of the rules of magic from Aunt Isabelle's Grimoire said "Fall in love whenever you can."
Jet falls for Levi with tragic and far-reaching consequences, and life changes radically for the siblings. Vincent's lover is someone who understands the curse and is ready to accept what fate throws their way. When Franny finally acquiesces to the love she has been denying for years, her lover has a clever plan to fool the curse.
Set against the backdrop of the sixties: the Summer of Love, drugs, the Monterey Pop Festival, the draft, Hoffman tells the story of those amazing aunts who played such an important role in the lives of Sally and Gillian in Practical Magic.
And what a marvellous tale it is: another enchanting story of family and love and magic. The characters are appealing and often a bit quirky, the romance is delightful and the magic fun. Hoffman gives her characters wise words and insightful observations about life. The prequel Magic Lessons, which tells Maria Owens story, is eagerly awaited. Another charming read.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24040056
- Title
- The Rules of Magic - Practical Magic Series #2
- Author
- Alice Hoffman
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1398515507
- ISBN 13
- 9781398515505
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2022
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Rules of Magic - Practical Magic Series #2
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Fiction;
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