Alice Hoffman was born in New York City on March 16, 1952 and grew up on Long Island. After graduating from high school in 1969, she attended Adelphi University, from which she received a BA, and then received a Mirrellees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, which she attended in 1973 and 74, receiving an MA in creative writing. She currently lives in Boston. This is how you begin in this world. These are the lessons to be learned. Drink chamomile tea to calm the spirit. Feed a cold and starve a fever. Read as many books as you can. Always choose courage. Never watch another woman burn. Know that love is the only answer. After Hannah dies, Maria reunites with her birth mother, who practices dark magic, and then lands in Curaçao as an indentured servant. Here, young Maria is seduced by an older American businessman named John Hathorne. At the age of thirteen, Kylie was six feet tall, slim and fair-skinned with gray-green eyes. On the day of her birthday, her aunt Gillian took her to cut her hair short and dye it blonde. Later it grew out with her brown roots showing until the dye blended in and left her hair a honey color. Like her great-grandfather Vincent, she looks almost exactly like their ancestor Maria Owens, to the point of being identical twins. Of all the rules that Susanna has set for her kids, her restrictions on love are the most important. She forbids them from ever giving their hearts away to anyone unless they are ready to face the consequences.

Full of Hoffman’s bewitching and lucid prose and vivid characters, The Book of Magic is ultimately about the very human magic of family and love and actions that echo through generations… it casts a spell’ Matt Haig Dark comedy and a light touch carry the story along to a truly Gothic climax, complete with heaving skies and witchery on the lawn’ New York Times Practical Magic, the first novel in the series, weaves the story of Sally and Gillian, who grew up well aware of the dark web of suspicion that hovered over their family name. For as long as they could remember, everything that went wrong in their rural Massachusetts town was blamed on the Owens family. In doing so, Kylie and Antonia learn the secrets of magic and love that their mother Sally has hidden from them. If the curse should ever be broken, Sally must sacrifice for love and Aunt Franny must sacrifice for family. Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty translations and more than one hundred foreign editions. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Library Journal, and People Magazine. She has also worked as a screenwriter and is the author of the original screenplay “Independence Day,” a film starring Kathleen Quinlan and Diane Wiest. Her teen novel Aquamarine was made into a film starring Emma Roberts. Her short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Harvard Review, Ploughshares and other magazines.But, upon reaching Salem, Maria and her daughter, Faith, cope with more betrayals and mistakes (and of course, witchery), including the curse that will haunt her family for generations to come. Renae, Kirstie. "10 surprising things you didn't know about 'Practical Magic' ". Insider . Retrieved 2020-08-16. Practical Magic was filmed in part on an artificial set in California. Because the film's producers decided the house was a big part of the depiction of the Owens culture, a house to accurately represent that vision was built on San Juan Island in the state of Washington. [5] While much of the set from California was brought to that location and placed inside the house, it took nearly a year to perfect the image of the house and the interior. [6] The house, actually only a shell with nothing inside, was built only for this filming and was torn down after filming was completed. The small town scenes were filmed in downtown Coupeville, Washington, a Victorian-era seaside port town located on the south side of Penn Cove on Whidbey Island. [7]

Mark Feuerstein as Michael, Sally Owens' husband and the late father of Kylie and Antonia Owens. He is a victim of his wife's family curse, which results in his untimely death when their daughters are young. Hibberd, James (October 29, 2010). "ABC Family brewing 'Practical Magic' reboot". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 18, 2011. Summary: Set in the 1600s, Magic Lessons begins the story of the Owens women. After Maria Owens was abandoned in a snowy field in England as a baby, she came under the care of Hannah Owens, who teaches her the “Nameless Arts.” Ebert, Roger (October 16, 1998). "Practical Magic". rogerebert.com. Sun-Times Media Group. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012 . Retrieved December 4, 2012. The only friend Kylie had was a boy named Gideon, who everyone disliked and stayed away from. The two would play together often, and Gideon was the only person who made Kylie laugh.Diana Bishop is a witch who accidentally recovers an ancient book that has been missing for hundreds of years. In doing so, she triggers her long-forgotten magic and opens the door for vampires, witches, and demons to search out Diana and the book.

The Rules of Magic unfolds a saga beginning in 1620, when Maria Owens loved the wrong man and was charged with witchery as a result. Centuries later, Susanna Owens is doing everything in her power to keep her children safe from the same fate that befell their ancestor. They refuse to make things easy for her, and Susanna can tell that Franny, Jet, and Vincent are the farthest thing from ordinary. But that doesn’t mean she is ready to give up on them. Aidan Quinn as Investigator Gary Hallet, from Tucson, Arizona, who questions Sally and Gillian in the disappearance of Jimmy Angelov and falls in love with Sally. Alice Hoffman is an American author born in 1952 in New York City. She attended Valley Steam North High and Adelphi University. She wrote her first short story while studying at Stanford. The short story got the attention of an editor, who asked her to write a full-length novel.Some stories begin at the beginning and others begin at the end, but all the best stories begin in a library. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.

Design". Practical Magic. Amas Veritas. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012 . Retrieved 31 October 2012. Though this Victorian house looks as if it's been in place for a century, it's actually an architectural shell. Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens, Sally's free-spirited sister who embraces her heritage, leaves their small town and becomes the victim of an abusive relationship. The Practical Magic series is spent following the Owens sisters as they finally come to terms with the magic in their blood and the complexities that their lineage adds to their love lives. These novels have been commended for their charming characters, sweet stories, and the author’s magical writing style. Sally’s daughters are older and they have their own relationship that’s just as complicated as Sally and Gillian’s. And Sally’s older daughter is a bit of a meanie, but, I loved her development.Eksouzian-Cavadas, Ana (2019-08-21). "Cult '90s film Practical Magic is getting a TV reboot". Vogue Australia . Retrieved 2020-08-16. Gillian and Sally are sisters who have been raised by their two aunts. They both want to leave their small Massachusetts town. But, when Gillian gets into trouble, she runs to Sally for help. Kylie was born in 2019, residing in the Owens house for the first year of her life with her parents, sister, and great-great aunts. Unlike Antonia, she was a sweet baby. Often people would coo at her in her stroller, no mosquito dared to bite her, and the aunts' cats never tried to scratch her.