| Here on Earth: Oprah's Book Club Contributor(s): Hoffman, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425167313 ISBN-13: 9780425167311 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: The author of such bestselling novels as "Seventh Heaven" and "Practical Magic" creates her most glorious fictional world to date in a spellbinding tale of love and obsession. After nearly 20 years of living in California, March Murray and her daughter Gwen return to March's small Massachusetts hometown. Thrust into the world of her past, March slowly comes to realize the complexity of the choices made by those around her, including Hollis, the boy she loved--now the man she can't seem to stay away from. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97005382 |
| Series: Oprah's Book Club |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.02" W x 9.04" (0.92 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 19892 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A seductive and mesmerizing story of obsessive love from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic. After nineteen years in California, March Murray returns to the small Massachusetts town where she grew up. For all this time, March has been avoiding her own troubled history, but when she encounters Hollis--the boy she loved so desperately, the man who has never forgotten her--the past collides with the present as their reckless love is reignited. This dark romantic tale asks whether it is possible to survive a love that consumes you completely. The answers March Murray discovers are both heartbreaking and wise, as complex as they are devastating--for in heaven and in our dreams, love is simple and glorious. But it is something altogether different here on earth... |