Author: Alice Hoffman
Narrator: Kate Nelligan
Abridged: 2 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 03/01/1994
Categories: Fiction, Women, Literary Fiction
Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Book of Magic, Magic Lessons, The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic (a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick), the Oprah’s Book Club Selection Here on Earth, The Red Garden, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, and Faithful. She lives near Boston.
Kate Nelligan received Tony nominations for her performances in Spoils of War, Serious Money, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Plenty, for which she also received the Olivier Award in London. Her films include How to Make an American Quilt, The Prince of Tides (Oscar nom), Frankie and Johnny (DW Griffith & British Academy Awards), Fatal Instinct, Eye of the Needle, Eleni, and White Room. She received an Emmy nomination for her performance on the television series The Road to Avonlea.
The more Alice Hoffman books I read, the more I admire her. I neglected giving her a try for the longest time because she's more "mainstream" i.e. popular, and I consider myself someone who likes authors most people don't. But her books really speak for themselves and are amazing. This one was no ex......more
Ms. Hoffman is known too many readers as this marvelous author who is cleverly able to mix spiritual magic into her stories that involve very serious plots...many historical, familiar, and social. "Second Nature," has no spiritual magic, yet it is as magical and brilliant as any of her novels. The ma......more
I’ve only read a few of Alice Hoffman’s books but I like her writing so much. This would not be my favorite. It’s good. I can suspend disbelief. I was drawn to the wolf man story. Even the passionate romance. I had difficulty with the animal killings and I’m typically quite sensitive to that. I do u......more
A young man living among wolves is trapped and hospitalized. Traumatized and terrified he does not speak and because of his extremely disheveled look and his instinctual behavior, he is dubbed The Wolf Man. On the day of his transfer to a mental institution,recently divorced Robin on impulse, manag......more
Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite writers. She offers a simple yet satisfying escape, usually with complicated (in a good way) and surprising undertones. And although I think, maybe I managed to understand the meanings behind some of this story, I could not shrug off some of it that bothered me alm......more