ISBN: 9780399140556 - practical magic (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. *25th Anniversary Edition*--with a New Introduction by the Author The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic and Magic Lessons. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back--almost as if by magic. Splendid.Practical Magic is one of Hoffman's] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is.--Newsweek A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible.--Cosmopolitan.…

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green quarter-cloth spine, lettered in gilt, tan boards with authors decorative initials in blind on front board, orange end-papers, 244pp, slight creasing at upper corners on occasional pages, a thin line of wear along top edge of front board, some flecks of green dye from cloth to boards, spine ends gently bruised. Near Fine in Very Good d/w, clipped and creased at front inner flap, light damp stains at top and bottom inner edges of jacket. First Edition and First Impression of the critically acclaimed novel by Alice Hoffman that inspired a generation. Following on the heels of the book, was equally magical film by the same name two years later, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman cast in the roles as the Owens sisters.…