Here On Earth
  • Published: 4 September 1998
  • ISBN: 9780099750819
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $44.00

Here On Earth

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'Hoffman is shrewd and witty about the networks of gossip and affection in town, and she evokes place superbly... spellbinding' - Sunday Times

March returns to her childhood home with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to attend the funeral of the housekeeper who brought her up. Unexpectedly, though, the visit rekindles in March a passion for an earlier unrequited love. Overwhelmed by her emotions, she abandons her marriage and life commitments in pursuit of the affair. But her lover is a man of strange secrets with a violent streak, and she soon discovers him to be a Bluebeard with a sinister collection...

Here on Earth is both a darkly compelling love story and a fantastically detailed portrait of small-town life, rife with gossip, tensions and murky pasts.

An Oprah Winfrey Book Club Choice.
  • Published: 4 September 1998
  • ISBN: 9780099750819
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $44.00
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About the author

Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of acclaimed novels, including Here on Earth (an Oprah Book Club selection), Practical Magic (a Hollywood film), The River King, Blue Diary, Turtle Moon, Skylight Confessions and most recently The Third Angel. Blackbird House was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. She divides her time between Boston and New York City.

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Also by Alice Hoffman

The Third Angel
The Red Garden
The Brethren
Skylight Confessions
The Ice Queen
Blackbird House
The Probable Future
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Praise for Here On Earth

A gripping novel that evokes the tensions of small-town life

Elle

Wuthering Heights meets The Horse Whisperer... riveting and memorable

Mail on Sunday

Imagine Wuthering Heights set in a small New England town during the last 30 years. The characters escape not to wild moors but marshes haunted by foxes and souls of drowned men-compelling

Independent

Hoffman is shrewd and witty about the networks of gossip and affection in town, and she evokes place superbly... spellbinding

Sunday Times

There is something irresistible about the novels of Alice Hoffman. Her themes of love, marriage, family and friendship are reassuringly familiar and her style agreeably evocative...Her stories have a quality of mystery and even darkness that puts a fresh spin on the commonplace, and at its very best can make the reader look at life from a fresh angle. If I could see things through Hoffman's eyes, I'm convinced life would be richer and more interesting... Here On Earth is a wonderful piece of storytelling

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