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A stunning new novel about three generations of a family haunted by love from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Here on Earth. Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love. But fate seems to be playing a trick on the night when John Moody knocks on her door to ask for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- John Moody: Arlyn's husband
- Arlyn Singer: the main character, John Moody's wife and mother to Sam and Blance
- Meredith Weiss: a young woman who becomes a caregiver or nanny for Sam and Blanca
- Sam Moody: Son of Arlyn and John Moody
- Blanca: Daughter of Arlyn Singer and George Snow
- Cynthia: Arlyn's friend, later John Moody's wife.
- Arlie: another name for Arlyn
- Diana Moody: John Moody's mother.
- George Snow: a window cleaner
- Lisa: daughter of John Moody and Cynthia
- Daniel Finch: Add a description of this character.
- William
- James
- Amy
- Mr. Hansen
- Steven
- Nathaniel
- Ellery Rosen
- Josh
Quotes edit
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“... that the deepest attachment of all was not to a person or a situation, but to a time.”
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“People are haunted because they want to be.”
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“Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.”
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For Blanca, worlds were indeed divided. The before and the after, the dark and the light, the real and the imagined, the world of books and Blanca’s personal history, the lost, of course, and the found.
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Fairy tales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the subconscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.
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the color of the sky when it’s broken in half and the core of the universe can be seen.
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Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.
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First Sentence edit
She was his first wife, but at the moment when he first saw her she was a seventeen-year-old girl named Arlyn Singer who stood out on the front porch on an evening that seemed suspended in time.
Table of Contents edit
Part One: Ghost Wife
Part Two: A House Made of Stars
Part Three: The Red Map
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alice Hoffman (Author)
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Page Count: 264
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Page Count: 264
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- Dewey: 813.54
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