Bøger af Alice Hoffman

The bestselling author of The Dovekeepersweaves the story of one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel, mother of Camille Pissarro

'This is Alice Hoffman at her best, turning our eyes toward the ordinary surface of things to see the power that shimmers underneath' - Amy Tan

One of the most dramatic stories in ancient history told through the eyes of four remarkable women - a tour de force from an extraordinary writer

A funny chronicle of a family coming apart at the seams, and of a young girl learning how to survive. This book charts the girl's progress as she navigates from childhood to the brink of womanhood, picking her way through the tragedies and absurdities of everyday life in a family which is rocked by divorce and disaster.

A haunting and emotionally satisfying novel from a much-loved and critically acclaimed author, which weaves fairy tale and gritty realism together to dazzlingly effect.'The Story Sisters' charts the lives of three sisters - Elv, Claire and Meg. Each has a fate she must meet alone: one on a country road, one in the streets of Paris, and one in the corridors of her own imagination. Inhabiting their world are a charismatic man who cannot tell the truth, a neighbor who is not who he appears to be, a clumsy boy in Paris who falls in love and stays there, a detective who finds his heart's desire, and a demon who will not let go.What does a mother do when one of her children goes astray? How does she save one daughter without sacrificing the others? How deep can love go, and how far can it take you?At once a coming-of-age tale, a family saga, and a love story of erotic longing, 'The Story Sisters' sifts through the miraculous and the mundane as the girls become women and their choices haunt them, change them and, finally, redeem them.

On the night that Arlyn Singer's father dies, she is certain her destiny will find her. Years later, Arlyn is gone, leaving her children, Sam and Blanca, alone with their distant father in the glass house they have made their home.

Her heroine, 17 years old, quick witted yet vulnerable, falls helplessly in love with McKay, the Orphan's 22 year old president and their doomed love story is told in desperate counterpoint to the punk lyrical flippancies of throbbing car radios and jukes.

This haunting, poignant and addictive story travels effortlessly across time, telling the tale of three generations of women who make the wrong choices and have to live with the consequences.

Vonny lives on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband Andre and son Simon. Alice Hoffman's ability to fuse the domestic and the mythic in a narrative of such gentle yet magnetic force confirms her stature as one of the most gifted of American novelists.

When teenager Keith Rosen runs away from his Florida home - inexplicably taking along a motherless baby - his divorced mother is perplexed and terrified. she takes off on her own journey to find him. Turtle Moon follows their path in a suspenseful, beautifully written story that confirms once again the exquisite talent of Alice Hoffman.

Ethan and Jorie, a perfect, beautiful couple, have been married for 13 years, and are still very much in love. A young girl's phone call exposes him, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them - as nothing could ever be the same for that other young girl who was raped all those years ago, or for her family.

As an obsessive love affair begins between them, both are forced to hide their most dangerous secrets - what turned one to ice and the other to fire. The Ice Queen is a haunting story of passion, loss, second chances and the secrets that come to define us, if we're not careful.

March returns to her childhood home with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to attend the funeral of the housekeeper who brought her up. Unexpectedly, though, the visit rekindles in March a passion for an earlier unrequited love. Overwhelmed by her emotions, she abandons her marriage and life commitments in pursuit of the affair.

With a sense of place that is uncanny, and vividly real characters whose lives don't run smooth and whose stories loop together across space and time, this is work from a favourite novelist.

When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In Stella's case, it is the ability to see a person's probable future. When she foresees a gruesome murder, she tells her charming, feckless father, but it is too late. The murder has already been committed.

For more than a century, the small town of Haddan, Massachusetts, has been divided, as if by a line drawn down the centre of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the 'village' from those who attend the prestigious Haddan School.

I mere end hundrede år har den lille by Haddan i Massachusetts været delt i to lejre, næsten som om der gik en usynlig linje gennem byen, med de lokale på den ene side og dem, der går på den berømte Haddan School på den anden. Men da to nye elever og en ny lærerinde begynder på skolen tager tingene en drejning.De to femtenårige Carlin og August er lige utilpassede og finder hurtigt sammen i et tæt venskab. August forguder Carlin, men det er der også andre, der gør, og efter et skænderi drukner August sig i floden. Carlin er fortvivlet og får hjælp af den unge lærerinde Betsy, der snart skal giftes med en af skolens lærere – tror hun. For snart dukker den lokale politimand op for at undersøge omstændighederne omkring Augusts død.Alice Hoffman (f. 1952) er en amerikansk forfatter, der har skrevet både voksen-, ungdoms- og børnelitteratur. Hun er mest kendt for romanen Practical Magic (på dansk Praktisk Magi) fra 1995, der blev filmatiseret under samme navn i 1998. Mange af hendes værker bevæger sig inden for magisk realisme og blander romantik og relationer med magi og ironi.

Romanen fortæller den sjove, rørende, skarpe og følsomme historie om familie, der er ved at falde fra hinanden, og en ung kvinde, der må lære at overleve på trods. Historien fortælles fra den unge Gretel Samuelsons perspektiv, og vi følger hende i bevægelsen fra barndom til spirende kvindelighed, mens hun forsøger at navigere i en hverdag med skilsmisse, tragedier, dårlige beslutninger og stærke relationer. Gretels far har forladt familien, og tilbage sidder hendes kæderygende mor, Fanny, og nægter at se realiteterne i øjnene. Gretels tante Margot er fortabt i romantik, hendes bedstemor taler med Gud, hendes perfekte bror er ikke helt så perfekt alligevel, og selv hendes bedste veninde Jill – blond, misundelsesværdig og smuk – bevæger sig for hurtigt ind i kvindehedens uudgrundelige verden.Alice Hoffman (f. 1952) er en amerikansk forfatter, der har skrevet både voksen-, ungdoms- og børnelitteratur. Hun er mest kendt for romanen Practical Magic (på dansk Praktisk Magi) fra 1995, der blev filmatiseret under samme navn i 1998. Mange af hendes værker bevæger sig inden for magisk realisme og blander romantik og relationer med magi og ironi.