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Alice Hoff­man

Alice Hoff­man is the author of more than thir­ty works of fic­tion, includ­ing, The World That We Knew, The Rules of Mag­ic, The Mar­riage of Oppo­sites, Prac­ti­cal Mag­ic, The Red Gar­den, the Oprah’s Book Club selec­tion Here on Earth, The Muse­um of Extra­or­di­nary Things, and The Dove­keep­ers. She lives near Boston.

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The World That We Knew: A Novel
Alice Hoff­man
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Chil­dren’s
Night­bird
Alice Hoff­man
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Fic­tion
The Mar­riage of Opposites
Alice Hoff­man
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The Muse­um of Extra­or­di­nary Things
Alice Hoff­man
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Non­fic­tion
Sur­vival Lessons
Alice Hoff­man
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Fic­tion
The Dove­keep­ers
Alice Hoff­man
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Chil­dren’s
Incan­ta­tion
Alice Hoff­man
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Alice Hoffman

Cel­e­brate Jew­ish Book Month with #30days30authors! In hon­or of the 90th anniver­sary of Fan­ny Gold­stein’s trib­ute to Jew­ish books in the West End’s branch of the Boston…
Alice Hoff­man
December 5, 2015
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Excerpt: The Mar­riage of Opposites

Excerpt from The Mar­riage of Oppo­sites by Alice Hoffman.  1817 Char­lotte Amalie, St. Thomas Rachel Pomie I always left my win­dow open at night, despite the…
Alice Hoff­man
August 4, 2015

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