

The younger generation discovers secrets that have been hidden from them in matters of both magic and love by Sally, their fiercely protective mother.

Jet is not the only one in danger-the curse is already at work.Ī 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 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. “I am excited to speak with Hoffman as she draws this beloved series to a close!”įor over 300 years a curse has kept the Owens family from love-but all of that is about to change. “The bewitching world of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic series has charmed readers for decades with its heartfelt stories of love and acceptance,” said Lara Prescott, the evening’s moderator.
