The release date for the English version of 'The Rules of Magic' by
Alice Hoffman is Oct 2017. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Locate your magic.
Love is a curse for the Owens family, having started in 1620 when Maria Owens was accused of witchcraft for falling in love with the wrong man.
Several centuries later, in New York City at the beginning of the 1960s, when everything is about to change, Susanna Owens is aware of how dangerously special her three children are. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, timid and lovely Jet, who can hear other people’s thoughts, and flamboyant Vincent, who started hunting for trouble from the day he could walk.
Susanna establishes ground rules for her kids right away: no reading books about magic, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no birds, and no moonlight strolls. Above everything, remember to never, ever fall in love. However, her children discover family secrets and start to realise the real them when they travel to see their Aunt Isabelle in the little Massachusetts village where the Owens family has been held responsible for all misfortunes. Now that they are back in New York City, they are all on perilous journeys to break free from the family curse.
Just as the Owens children cannot escape the anguish of a human heart, they can never really escape love, no matter how hard they try. The two stunning sisters will become the adored—and sometimes feared—aunts in Practical Magic, and their cherished brother Vincent will have an unexpected legacy.