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The Third Angel

by Alice Hoffman

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Why did Alice Hoffman stray from her established formula? There was no New England weather, no real magic (excepting the weird ghost explanation), no generations of fated sisters. Yes, some connections appeared in this very linear novel, but with very little circling back to hit home. What was the point? What was the Third Angel? ( )
  goodnightmoon | Dec 7, 2009 |
I had an extremely hard time getting into this book. I loved Practical Magic, so I had high hopes for this book but I was disappointed. ( )
  bellamia | Sep 17, 2009 |
This book has a select audience. Most of us were unimpressed with the writing style.
  Mt.LaurelBookClub | Jul 8, 2009 |
I found this book a little hard to follow, but the writing was good and it did keep me reading. ( )
  bibliophileofalls | Jun 14, 2009 |
A haunted London hotel is the setting of 3 tragic tales. In the first story a young woman falls in love with a man doomed to die. The second involves a woman who tries to save a drug addict. The third is about how the hotel became haunted in the first place. This story is complex and beautiful. I enjoyed the way Hoffman tied the 3 stories together. Alice HOffman is one of my favorite writers; her stories never disappoint. ( )
  butterflybaby | Jun 6, 2009 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307393852, Hardcover)

“Alice Hoffman is my favorite writer.”
–Jodi Picoult


Alice Hoffman is one of our most beloved writers. Here on Earth was an Oprah Book Club selection. Practical Magic and Aquamarine were both bestselling books and Hollywood movies. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and People magazine, and her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, Redbook, Architectural Digest, Gourmet, and Self.

Now, in The Third Angel, Hoffman weaves a magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men: Headstrong Madeleine Heller finds herself hopelessly attracted to her sister’s fiancé. Frieda Lewis, a doctor’s daughter and a runaway, becomes the muse of an ill-fated rock star. And beautiful Bryn Evans is set to marry an Englishman while secretly obsessed with her ex-husband. At the heart of the novel is Lucy Green, who blames herself for a tragic accident she witnessed at the age of twelve, and who spends four decades searching for the Third Angel–the angel on earth who will renew her faith.

Brilliantly evoking London’s King’s Road, Knightsbridge, and Kensington while moving effortlessly back in time, The Third Angel is a work of startling beauty about the unique, alchemical nature of love.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400)

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