Книга: Hoffman Alice «Probable Future»

Probable Future

When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella's case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person's probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Her mother Jenny, on the other hand, can read other people's dreams, but so often misinterprets them, to her own cost. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting scent of roses and wisteria, and the hum of bees on a summer evening.

Издательство: "Random House" (2017)

ISBN: 978-0-09-945386-4

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Hoffman, Alice

▪ American author
born March 16, 1952, New York, N.Y., U.S.

      American novelist whose books about women in search of their identities mix realism and the supernatural.

      Hoffman was educated at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York (B.A., 1973), and Stanford (California) University (M.A., 1975) and began her professional writing career by contributing short stories to magazines. Her first novel, Property Of (1977), which traces the one-year relationship of a suburban girl and a gang leader, is both gritty and romantic. Many of Hoffman's other novels also deal with complex relationships, such as Angel Landing (1980), a love story set near a nuclear power plant on Long Island, New York; White Horses (1982), which concerns a girl's struggle to rid herself of incestuous feelings for her older brother; and Illumination Night (1987), the story of a young couple whose marriage is challenged by a teenage girl. In At Risk (1988) a young girl with AIDS sparks varied reactions from her family and community. Seventh Heaven (1990) concerns an unconventional divorcée in a Long Island suburb in 1959–60, and Turtle Moon (1992) contemplates the status of single mothers. Practical Magic (1995; filmed 1998) is about two sisters trying to leave behind their family's tradition of witchcraft, while Here on Earth (1997) depicts a woman unexpectedly coming to terms with her past. Hoffman continued her prolific career into the 21st century with The River King (2000; filmed 2004), about the mystery surrounding a small Massachusetts town after a student drowns in the local river. Blackbird House (2004) describes the many generations of families who have lived in the same Cape Cod farmhouse, and The Ice Queen (2005) details how a woman's life changes for the better after she is struck by lightning. The Third Angel, which weaves together the stories of three women all hopelessly in love with the wrong men, was published in 2008.

      Hoffman also wrote the children's book Fireflies (1997) and the teen books Aquamarine (2001; filmed 2006) and Incantation (2006).

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Источник: Hoffman, Alice

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