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When Ethan Ford fails to show up for work on a brilliant summer morning, none of his neighbors would guess that, for more than 13 years, he has been running from his past. His true nature has been locked away, as hidden as his real identity. But sometimes locks spring open, and the devastating truths of Ethan Ford's history shatter the small-town peace of Monroe, affecting family and friends alike.

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 12, and who spends four decades searching for the Third Angel - the angel on Earth who will renew her faith.

"Udstødt" følger en kerneamerikansk familie, hvis verden bliver vendt fuldstændig på hovedet, da ægteparrets 11-årige datter får konstateret AIDS. Romanen følger de skæbnesvangre måneder, fra sygdommen bliver konstateret til pigens tragiske død. Den amerikanske forfatter Alice Hoffman (f. 1952) udgav sin første roman i en alder af bare 21 år og har siden udgivet både faglitteratur og romaner for børn og voksne, hvoraf flere har været på blandt andet New York Times bestsellerlister.

I den lille by Verity i Florida holder indbyggerne meget af at snakke. Der er dog en enkelt ting, som alle kender til, men som ingen italesætter: maj. Den sidste forårsmåned har i mange år givet mærkelige udslag i Verity. Piger stikker af hjemmefra, figentræer eksploderer i lys lue, og småbørn græder hele natten. Men det mest forunderlige er dog den tiltrækningskraft, som Verity i maj måned har på fraskilte kvinder, der af uransagelige årsager strømmer til den lille by, og i år bliver det værste år, borgerne i Verity nogensinde har oplevet.

Efter at have boet næsten 20 år i Californien vender den nu modne March Murray og hendes 15-årige datter tilbage til den lille by i Massachusetts, hvor March voksede op. Her møder hun sin ungdoms store kærlighed, Hollis. De er stadig betagede af hinanden, og deres gamle lidenskab bliver til en vild besættelse for begge parter.

Finde deine Magie! Mit "The Rules of Magic" hat die Bestseller-Autorin Alice Hoffman eine berührende Geschichte über Liebe, Magie und den wunderbaren Zusammenhalt der Familie geschrieben. New York, Anfang der 60er Jahre. Franny, Jet und Vincent Owens sind keine gewöhnlichen Kinder, denn sie entstammen einer Familie von Hexen: Die schöne Franny hat blasse Haut und, passend zu ihrem Temperament feuerrote Haare. Jet ist sensibel und kann Gedanken lesen, und der charismatische Vincent verfügt schon in jungen Jahren über eine überwältigende Anziehungskraft auf das andere Geschlecht.

On the night her father dies, Arlyn - a dreamy believer in destiny and love - is certain the man she is meant to be with will walk into her life. But fate seems to be playing a trick when cool, practical, and deliberate John Moody knocks on her door to ask for directions. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in the Connecticut countryside, to the avenues of Manhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound, all in a search for family and identity.

Property Of is the book that launched a major literary career. In it, New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman introduces a lonely outsider who wants desperately to belong. She deeply envies the tough, sultry girls who wear mascara and black leather and hang with the local gang known as the Orphans. As the unnamed narrator determinedly tries to become the property of the gang's brooding leader, McKay, she will discover what can and cannot be possessed.

With rich, pure prose Hoffman charts the progress of Gretel Samuelson from the time she is a young girl already acquainted with betrayal and grief, until she finally leaves home. Gretel's sly, funny, knowing perspective is at the heart of this collection, as she navigates through loyalty and loss with the help of an unforgettable trio of women: her best friend, Jill, her romance-addled cousin Margot, and her mother, Franny, whose spiritual journey affects them all.

Twig versucht so unsichtbar wie möglich zu sein. Denn wenn einen niemand beachtet, stellt auch keiner schwierige Fragen. Dann fragt auch niemand nach dem Fluch, der seit zweihundert Jahren auf Twigs Familie lastet, oder nach dem geflügelten Ungeheuer, das sich in mondhellen Nächten über ihrem Haus in die Lüfte schwingt. Dass dieses Wesen niemand anders als ihr Bruder James ist, der mit schwarzen Flügeln auf dem Rücken geboren wurde, darf keiner wissen.

The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a stubbornly suicidal son and a defiant, restless granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family as well as the grounds of their secluded waterfront estate. But he has been watching Esther, too. And his love for her is growing wild enough to uproot them all.