Local Girls Pdf is a Fictional Short Stories and Magical Realism book. The New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic is at her haunting, thought-provoking best with these interconnected stories about a Long Island family.
Local Girls Book Summary
Alice Hoffman casts her spell over a neighborhood filled with dreamers and dreams as she evokes the world of the Samuelsons, a family torn apart by tragedy and bound together by devotion. As Gretel grows up, she is witness to the breakup of her parents’ marriage, the ups and downs of her cousin Margot’s search for love, the deterioration of a brother who passes up Harvard for a job at the Food Star, and emotional explosions that shatter the suburban quiet…
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About Alice Hoffman Author Of Local Girls Pdf Book
Alice Hoffman Author Of Local Girls Pdf is the author of thirty works of fiction, including Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, Magic Lessons, and, most recently, The Book of Magic. She lives in Boston. Visit her website: www.alicehoffman.com
Local Girls pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Publisher : Berkley; Reissue edition (May 1, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0425174344
- ISBN-13 : 978-0425174340
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.15 x 0.55 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,107,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12,203 in Family Saga Fiction
- #13,974 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #51,407 in Literary Fiction (Books)
- Customer Reviews: 4.2 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
Local Girls Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Another catching read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 30, 2020
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Alice Hoffman has a style of writing that just grabs me. I’ve been unable to read any other author for the past week! This is a coming of age story, written in chapters that follow a timeline and characters over the course of about 15 years. Each chapter could be a standalone essay, and is told in a different voice and perspective. I had to spend several hours driving today, so I added narration so I didn’t have to put the book down. Most of the narration was terrible! Only when the story was told in the first person by Gretel was the narration any good. With some of the other chapters, the narration made me cringe!
As with most of Hoffman’s books, there is a lot of real life sadness and pain in the story, and also glimpses of great beauty and great joy. It all felt so real, the characters were well developed and so relatable. The situations were plausible and evoked compassion. I still feel the characters after finishing the book…their voices and their essence.
My favorite books by this author are still “Practical Magic” and “Rules of Magic”. I still like anything by this author that I’ve read so far. Thankfully she’s written a lot of books and I intend to eventually read all of them!
5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 4, 2018
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Alice Hoffman never disappoints her readers. This book, as most of hers, is written about everyday people. Could they be you and me? She manages to make life magical, but not fairytale. While not avoiding sensitive subjects, Hoffman explores them with a mix of fact and hope that does not negate the tragic, but never leaves the reader feeling hopeless. I am fascinated by the way she can move through long periods of time without details, yet never losing the cohesiveness of the story. If I were going to study an author for a paper (which I am not), I would research her use of light throughout her books. If any of you readers decide to do so, please share your papers with me.
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