The story of the Owens sisters, and the daughters of the next generation, is one of trying - and failing - to eschew love, and even magic, in the name of self-protection.
Some need a tea for an upset stomach, or an herb for nerves, but most want help with love. Her first, “Practical Magic,” which was a best seller and the basis of a popular film, follows two orphaned sisters sent to Massachusetts to live with their aunts in a mysterious house where there “were no clocks and no mirrors and three locks on each and every door.” After twilight, the aunts are visited by desperate women. Hoffman’s latest, “Magic Lessons,” is the third of these books. The Owens women possess gray eyes, an expertise with nightshades and a vast knowledge of spells, particularly those for love. So I may be the perfect reader for Alice Hoffman’s novels about the Owens family, whose bloodline vibrates with witchy power. Someday, I think, they might guide or cure me. I didn’t end up calling either woman, but they persist in my thoughts. (Now you know: Healers have business cards.) A year before that, when I was pregnant and suffering from sciatica, my hairstylist gave me her healer’s business card. A few friends had recommended her, and I thought she might offer me new ways to think about my purpose and gifts. Magic Lessons is a celebration of life and love and a showcase of Alice Hoffman's masterful storytelling.At the beginning of the year - a lifetime ago - I considered calling a witch. And it's is here that she learns the rules of magic and the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life. Here she invokes the curse that will haunt her family.
When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts.
It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back. Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the Unnamed Arts.
Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she's abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. Magic Lessons: A Prequel to Practical Magic Alice Hoffman € 17.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 2-3 working days.
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