The Rules of Magic: A Novel (The Practical Magic Series)

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). Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Reprint edition (June 26, 2018)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501137484
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 88
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.1 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.04 x 8 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #18,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #153 in Occult Fiction #947 in American Literature (Books) #1,525 in Literary Fiction (Books)
• #153 in Occult Fiction
• #947 in American Literature (Books)