As little girls, Sally and Gillian’s world turns upside down and they end up living with two elderly aunts in a mysterious old house on Magnolia Street in a sleepy Massachusetts town. Practical Magic tells the story of Gillian and Sally Owens set contemporaneously to its publication at the close of the twentieth century. Each novel explores the themes of love, sisterhood, and women supporting women, always with a health dose of magic stirred in. Hoffman’s novels build prequel upon prequel as she works closer and closer to the root of the Owens’ family story and its curse. By reading all three novels together, I enjoyed a month of magically lovable witches battling the challenges and frustrations of being independent creatures in a world that doesn’t appreciate their unconventional style or power. Thus, I convened with the Owens family in Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic (1995), Rules of Magic (2017), and Magical Lessons (2020). As the days grew cooler and darker in October, I found myself increasingly drawn to mood reading books like Alice Hoffman’s magical series, in part because her latest prequel of the series came out early in the month.
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