A "wondrous" novel of fear, desire, loss, and discovery on Martha's Vineyard by the New York Times –bestselling author of Practical Magic ( Chicago Tribune ).Elizabeth Renny has only made two decisions of consequence in her seventy-plus years. While the first, marrying her husband, had adequate results, the second—deciding she could fl...

A "wondrous" novel of fear, desire, loss, and discovery on Martha's Vineyard by the New York Times –bestselling author of Practical Magic ( Chicago Tribune ).Elizabeth Renny has only made two decisions of consequence in her seventy-plus years. While the first, marrying her husband, had adequate results, the second—deciding she could fl...

From the New York Times– bestselling author of Practical Magic, this novel of a matriarch and her grandchild "takes daily life and transforms it into myth" ( Chicago Sun-Times ).Esther the Black is eighteen years old and ready to leave the Compound, the collection of cottages on the North Shore of Long Island where she has lived all he...

Four acclaimed novels by "a born storyteller," the New York Times–bestselling author of The Rules of Magic and The Dovekeepers ( Entertainment Weekly).One of today's most beloved authors of lyrical fiction with a touch of magic, Alice Hoffman boasts a body of work that has been praised by readers and critics from the very beginning. This collection includes her first novel, plus three more of her outstanding tales.Prop...

The New York Times –bestselling novel about a 1950s suburb transformed by the arrival of a divorced mother is "part American Graffiti , part early Updike" ( The New York Times ).On Hemlock Street, the houses are identical, the lawns tidy, and the families traditional. A perfect slice of suburbia, this Long Island community shows no sign...

An "intimate, lovely novel . . . about the pain and joys of motherhood," from the New York Times –bestselling author of Practical Magic ( People ).Rae Perry has been in love with Jessup since high school. Two weeks before her eighteenth birthday, they ran away from Boston together and have been moving ever since—five states in seven ye...

From the New York Times bestseller, a woman is caught in a powerful fairy tale in a novel that "will reverberate in readers' imaginations for a long time" ( San Francisco Chronicle ).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-...

The New York Times–bestselling author and cancer survivor tells how to hold on to joy in times of sorrow in this "absolutely beautiful book" (Sue Monk Kidd).The prize-winning author of such modern literary classics as Practical Magic, The World That We Knew, and The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman is also a cancer survivor. In Survival Lessons, she shares her transformative journey, showing us how to re-envision our...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Practical Magic and Aquamarine, a coming-of-age story based on Greek myths of the Amazon women warriors.Born out of sorrow in an ancient time of blood and war, Rain is a girl marked by destiny. Her mother, Alina, is the proud queen of a tribe of female warriors, yet she refuses to touch or even look at her only daughter. So Rain dr...

In this The New York Times bestseller from the author of Practical Magic, a family copes with their daughter's terrifying diagnosis in 1980s America.In a lovely old house near the coast of Massachusetts, the Farrells go through the routines of a typical August morning. Eight-year-old Charlie, a junior biologist and dinosaur expert, tries to collect one of his insect specimens. ...

From the New York Times– bestselling author of Practical Magic , "a good, old-fashioned love story. . . . Hoffman's writing at its . . . heartbreaking best." ( The Washington Post ).Things have changed in Fisher's Cove, the Long Island harbor town where Natalie spent her summers as a girl. The water used to be clean, and from her aunt M...

A "hypnotic" novel of love, loss, and teenage girls finding their way on tough streets, by the New York Times –bestselling author of Practical Magic ( The New York Times ).On the Night of the Wolf, the Orphans drive south on the Avenue, hunting their rival gang, the Pack. In the lead is McKay, their brooding, courageous President. Left...