· There is an element of fantasy in the novel, typical for Alice Hoffman, but while some of her books have a dark and even sinister undertone, "Seventh Heaven" focuses more on redemption and the different types of love we come into contact with in our lives/5(6). Hoffman's writing is as assured and lyrical as ever here. She is able to paint suburbia with such a mystical glow that every blade of crab-grass seems portentous. Overall, however, it's difficult to get close to the characters in this book. · An extraordinary novel, Seventh Heaven takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the www.doorway.ru: Open Road Media.
In SEVENTH HEAVEN, Alice Hoffman takes us to a typical suburban community in the typical suburban decade of the s to explore what happens when Nora Silk comes to town. Nora is extraordinary. Strong, sexy, passionate, and mysterious, she is determined to raise her two children without a husband, willing to take love where she finds it--a. Four lyrical and unforgettable tales from one of our "most interesting novelists"—including the New York Times bestseller, Seventh Heaven (Jane Smiley). As Newsweek said of her novel Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman has a "gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is." Whether in an ancient tribe of female warriors or a sleepy Long. seventh heaven by Alice Hoffman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 17, Following the well-received, topical At Risk (), Hoffman returns to the mythical, sometimes elegiac style of White Horses () or The Drowning Season ().
An extraordinary novel, Seventh Heaven takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns. Related collections and offers. Product Details. About the Author. In the full flowering of her extraordinary talent, Hoffman has produced a wise, poignant and uplifting novel luminous with the sensitive evocation of ordinary lives. Hoffman's writing is as assured and lyrical as ever here. She is able to paint suburbia with such a mystical glow that every blade of crab-grass seems portentous. Overall, however, it's difficult to get close to the characters in this book.
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