White Horses Pdf is a Magical Realism and Fantasy Fiction novel By Alice Hoffman. This is a story about the fairy-tale fantasies of girlhood and the realities of growing up.
White Horses Book Summary
When Teresa sleeps—sometimes for days at a time, the scent of roses surrounding her—she dreams of the Arias, outlaw riders on white steeds, who roam the desert at night. She was told about the dark-eyed horsemen by her mother, Dina, who left her own bedroom window open at night in the hopes that one would take her away from her parents’ house in Santa Fe.
Teresa, who cannot find a cure for her mysterious sleeping sickness, has one true ally: her brother, Silver. Wild and handsome, Silver exerts an irresistible force over everyone he meets—women especially. He pursues a life of crime and danger, and the older he grows, the more reckless he becomes. Teresa wants to break free but is drawn back to her brother again and again, pulled by the belief that he is the night rider of her dreams. Only when she realizes that she has the strength to save herself will she finally be able to open her eyes and walk away.
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About Alice Hoffman Author Of White Horses Pdf Book
Alice Hoffman Author Of White Horses Pdf was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. She wrote her first novel, Property Of, while studying creative writing at Stanford University, and since then has published more than thirty books for readers of all ages, including the recent New York Times bestsellers The Museum of Extraordinary Things and The Dovekeepers. Two of her novels, Practical Magic and Aquamarine, have been made into films, and Here on Earth was an Oprah’s Book Club choice. All told, Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty languages and one hundred foreign editions. She lives outside of Boston.
White Horses pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- ASIN : B00N5E57CE
- Publisher : Open Road Media (September 23, 2014)
- Publication date : September 23, 2014
- Language : English
- Print length : 324 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #517,191 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,439 in Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #6,718 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)
- #12,448 in Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)
- Customer Reviews: 3.4 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
White Horses Book Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful writing…
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2012
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This is one of Alice Hoffman’s early books and it certainly shows her beautiful gift for lyric writing and graceful prose. Though I enjoyed reading it I didn’t find the two main characters, Silver and Teresa Connor, as sympathetic as I have other characters. Both f them are the product of a very dysfunctional family. Their mother Dina is a dreamer who married or all the wrong reasons and their father, King, is something of a jerk but he’s also dealing with a wife for whom nothing is good enough. There is a third child in the family, Reuben, but he escapes early and is never heard from again.
The heart of the story is the relationship between Silver and Teresa. Silver is beautiful, exotic and wild. To his younger sister he is an “Aria,” a romantic, cowboy-like mythical figure that her mother dreamed up when she was a child. Teresa’s passion for her brother is boundless and when her mother dies, Teresa goes to live with Silver and his wife and new baby.
The theme of incest has been discussed by other reviewers but I did not find it off-putting or even unusual. I am of the opinion that sibling incest is far more common than most people realize. I got annoyed with Teresa because she was like a stray cat, just wandering in and out of people’s lives with no concern or interest in how her behavior effected anyone.
The most sympathetic character in the story is Bergen, the private detective who fell in love Dina. An almost unbelievably kind man. This is beautifully written book and in it we can see the beginnings of the writer who went on to create far more magical characters and prose.
3.0 out of 5 stars Neither the best or the worst book you’ve read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2008
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White Horses is a book worth reading if you are an Alice Hoffman fan. It is because it is written by Alice Hoffman that it is worth reading, and is the main selling point. This book, true to form, has her beautiful and lyrical style of writing that sweeps readers up and carries them along. Even more than making us feel that we are there – she makes us feel like we are privileged to be there.
That being said, it is useful to know that it isn’t an especially happy book. It’s difficult to relate to any of the characters – they are all forlorn and (by varying degrees) shallow. While we as the reader want the best for them, we don’t really expect that they will get it, and they don’t. Sometimes it isn’t clear where the book is going, and there are many parts of the book that aren’t developed. The reader is left wondering why it was put there to start with. Other themes are overly developed to the point of being repetitious. This books lacks the enjoyment we received from Practical Magic and Turtle Moon. Ironically, if you know all this from the beginning, you will very likely enjoy it more.
We like to read books by our favorite authors, and we recognize that not all books will be of equal quality. Because of this, fans will still want to read this book.
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