Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman Audiobook

Written by Alice Hoffman
Read by Christina Moore
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 48 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: November 6, 2012
Duration: 09:12:34

Alice Hoffman’s enchanting witch’s brew of suspense, romance and magic —

When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts’ mysterious and sometimes frightening powers — and as their own powers begin to surface — the sisters grow determined to escape their strange upbringing by blending into “normal” society.

But both find that they cannot elude their magic-filled past. And when trouble strikes — in the form of a menacing backyard ghost — the sisters must not only reunite three generations of Owens women but embrace their magic as a gift — and their key to a future of love and passion.

Funny, haunting, and shamelessly romantic, Practical Magic is bewitching entertainment — Alice Hoffman at her spectacular best.

Master storyteller Hoffman spins an unusual yarn about the Owens sisters, whose lives are firmly shaped by the two elderly aunts who raised them and who, some claim, are witches. Narrator Moore’s forlorn alto, with its slightly sardonic edge, seems the perfect vehicle for this dark comedy. Moore’s representations of the practical, matter-of-fact Sally Owens and the world-weary, jaded Gillian Owens enhance Hoffman’s well-developed characters. Moore captures the moods, emotions and atmosphere of the story, which contains equal parts magic, mystery and sound New England practicality. Moore produces a clearly drawn supporting cast, as well: Sally’s two teenaged daughters, each woman’s boyfriend and, of course, the aunts. Through her strong characterizations, Moore beautifully relates Hoffman’s message that you can neither escape nor change your past; it will always be part of you. J.H.B. (c)AudioFile

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