
by Alice Hoffman (Author)
This novel from the bestselling author of Practical Magic and Turtle Moon tells the story of two women--one young, unmarried, and far from home as she awaits the birth of her first child, the other a mother who lost her daughter long ago...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 0425168700
ISBN 13: 9780425168707
An elegant and evocative novel that conjures up a kind of modern-day female mythology. --Chicago Tribune
By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming...[an] intimate, lovely novel, most of whose concerns swirl about the pain and joys of motherhood. --People
It is in its juxtaposition of the mythic, the apocalyptic, with the resolutely ordinary...that this novel finds its unique voice...Beautifully and matter-of-factly told. --The New York Times Book Review
One of the best novels to come out of the United States in a decade. --Annie Dillard