The Probable Future, Alice Hoffman
The Probable Future, Alice Hoffman
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The Probable Future

Author: Alice Hoffman

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window to the future—a future that she might not want to see.In Alice Hoffman's latest tour de force, this vivid and intriguing cast of characters confronts a haunting past—and a very current murder—against the evocative backdrop of small-town New England. By turns chilling and enchanting, The Probable Future chronicles the Sparrows' legacy as young Stella struggles to cope with her disturbing clairvoyance. Her potential to ruin or redeem becomes unbearable when one of her premonitions puts her father in jail, wrongly accused of homicide. Yet this ordeal also leads Stella to the grandmother she was forbidden to meet, and to an historic family home full of talismans from her ancestors.

About Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of nearly twenty acclaimed novels beloved by teens and adults, including Aquamarine and Practical Magic, both made into major motion pictures, as well as The Foretelling, Green Angel, The Ice Queen, and Here on Earth (an Oprah Book Club selection). She has also written the highly praised story collections Local Girls and Blackbird House. The author lives outside of Boston.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Amy on 2009-11-26 11:50:59

Two huge problems with this book recording. 1The narrator was awful--terrible voice, terrible phrasing, and 2 all 99 tracks are cut into the CD without regard for appropriate placement. As a result, the tracks are actually cut in the middle of sentences, causing quite a pause between the connected words and making the sentences that are already being read so poorly seem disjointed and sensless. If you are an Alice Hoffman fan, then just get the book and read it yourself.

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 11, 2021

Each of the Sparrow women of Unity, Massachusetts has an unusual ability which manifests itself on her 13th birthday. In this book - due to a confluence of circumstances - three generations of Sparrow women find themselves living together in the family's vintage "cake house" - which has the shape of......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 04, 2024

I have been a long fan of Ms. Hoffman’s books, especially as I have grown fond of the genre “magical realism” (a style of fiction and literary genre that paints a realistic view of the modern world while also adding magical elements). And she does not disappoint with this story. About the Sparrow wo......more

Goodreads review by Marie on February 11, 2016

OMG, I can't remember the last time I cried so much reading a book. One of those perfect stories that makes me feel like a fraud for daring to call myself an author. My eyes are swollen and I'll have the sniffles all night, but it was worth it.......more

Goodreads review by Tania on April 13, 2015

We know what we need when we get it. 2.5 stars. I should have enjoyed this more, it had all the right elements - magical realism, mother-daughter issues, special magical abilities, but I didn't. I could not connect with the characters at all, and I think the book was too long. I absolutely adored The......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on September 26, 2009

"The Probable Future" is about the Sparrow family, a lineage of woman who through each generation have their own unique powers and abilities. Elinor, the grandmother, can detect falsehood. Jenny, the middle-aged mother, can see other people's dreams. And Stella, the granddaughter, can see how people......more