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For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally endured that fate as well; as children, the sisters were outsiders. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, but... read more

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Summary

Practical Magic is a complex story focusing on Sally and Gillian Owens. After their parents died in a fire when they were little girls, they were sent to live with their two eccentric aunts, Frances and Jet, in a dramatic old house on Magnolia Street built centuries before by their ancestor,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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  • “Sometimes running away means you're headed in the exact direction”

First Sentence

FOR more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town.

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  1. Alice Hoffman (Author)
 

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