02114cam a2200373 4500 516118841 TxAuBib 20211012120000.0 210206s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982151485 198215148X (OCoLC)1236258983 TxAuBib Hoffman, Alice. The book of magic / Alice Hoffman. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. 383 pages ; 25 cm. Practical Magic ; 4 Includes bibliographical references (page 383). The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger--the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man's life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the curse as they travel from Paris to London to the English countryside, where their ancestor Maria Owens first practiced the Unnamed Art. The younger generation discovers secrets that have been hidden from them in matters of both magic and love by Sally, their fiercely protective mother. As Kylie Owens uncovers the truth about who she is and what her own dark powers are, her aunt Franny comes to understand that she is ready to sacrifice everything for her family, and Sally Owens realizes that she is willing to give up everything for love. 20211012. Magic Fiction. Blessing and cursing Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Witches Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Massachusetts Fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Fantasy fiction. Supernatural fiction. Practical Magic ; 4.