Alice Hoffman
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Nora Silk doesn't really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women's apprehension evolves into admiration. The men's lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain. And everyone on this little...
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Finde deine Magie! Mit "The Rules of Magic" hat die Bestseller-Autorin Alice Hoffman eine berührende Geschichte über Liebe, Magie und den wunderbaren Zusammenhalt der Familie geschrieben.
New York, Anfang der 60er Jahre. Franny, Jet und Vincent Owens sind keine gewöhnlichen Kinder, denn sie entstammen einer Familie von Hexen: Die schöne Franny hat blasse Haut und, passend zu ihrem Temperament feuerrote Haare. Jet ist sensibel und kann Gedanken...
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The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a stubbornly suicidal son and a defiant, restless granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family as well as the grounds of their secluded waterfront estate. But he has been watching Esther, too. And his love for her is growing wild enough to uproot them all.The author of Here on Earth and The River King presents a "stunning and hypnotic" novel that "interweaves past and present...