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Inheritance Series Review (Alexander Chee, Jennifer Haigh, Anthony Marra, Alice Hoffman)
Inheritance is a collection of five stories about secrets, unspoken desires, and dangerous revelations between loved ones. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single setting. By yourself, behind closed doors, or shared with someone you trust. The Weddings by Alexander Chee “Why am I here? he asks himself. What am I doing?”…
Alexander Chee, ALICE HOFFMAN, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Anthony Marra, Booklr, collection of short stories, Everything My Mother Taught Me, family, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, Inheritance Series, Jennifer Haigh, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, MARRIAGE, mothers & daughters, MYSTERY, netgalley, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, short stories, The Lion’s Den, The Weddings, wedding drama, Zenith Man -
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman — book review
“Heart of my heart, love of my life, the only loss I will never survive.” The Nightingale meets The Golem and the Jinni in Alice Hoffman’s latest novel. Yet, while The World That We Knew may in points thread similar paths to those of many other novels (historical fiction seems to be brimming with WWII…
1940s, 4 STARS, Adult, ALICE HOFFMAN, AMERICAN AUTHOR, beautiful prose, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, DEATH, female authors, FOLKLORE, FRANCE, friendships, golems, GRIEF, HISTORICAL FICTION, holocaust, Jewish, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, motherhood, mothers & daughters, Nazi-occupied France, netgalley, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, Religion, survival, The World That We Knew, tragedy, war, WWII -
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
“She had lost so much that she had lost herself as well. She had a secret that she carried with her, and it hurt, as if she store a stone beside her heart. It was her hatred of herself that was her burden, and it grew each day. At first it was tiny, a mere…
1950s, 1960s, 5 STARS, ALICE HOFFMAN, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, drama, FAIRY TALES, family, FAMILY SAGA, female authors, FOLKLORE, gay, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, NEW YORK, PARANORMAL, read in 2017, ROMANCE, siblings, SMALL TOWN, THE RULES OF MAGIC, war, WITCHES
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