![]() ![]() ![]() She eventually follows him to the colony of Massachusetts where she learns he is spoken for. Maria then escapes England and sails to the Caribbean island of Curacao as an indented servant, where she meets the man she believes she falls into love with. Hannah mentors the teen-age girl in the practical “Nameless Art”, until ignorant men label her as an evil being and execute her. It is there where Maria learns her first important lesson- “Always love someone who will love you back.” This lessons in love is lost to her on her though. She even assists those who demand the most powerful, and dangerous glamour- love. ![]() It begins in 1864, when the baby Maria is found in an open field with only a crow protecting her until she is found by Hannah Owens, a healer and brewer of various teas and potent potions to help women with health issues. Hoffman explains the reason she writes most succinctly with a quote from her Aunt Jet, a character in “”The Rules of Magic” - “she opened a book and therefore was saved, discovering that a novel was as great as any spell.”Īnd indeed, “Magic Lessons” is spellbinding, as it is the beginning of the history of the Owens family witches. It completes the enchanting trilogy “Practical Magic (1995) and “The Rules of Magic” (2017) began. Alice Hoffman's latest chronicle of the remarkable Owens women s “Magic Lessons” (ISBN9781982108847). ![]()
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