Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman Unabridged 2014 CD ISBN- 9781483020976

from Citizenjoyce

Set in a 1950's Stepford community of apple pie baking stay at home moms and fathers who are the kings of their castles a divorcee with two young boys buys a falling down house and changes the community. The first thing she does when they move in is to bake a batch of cookies. Can you imagine tha...

from msbaba

Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman is a most unusual coming-of-age tale. Here, it is not just one youth who matures into self-discovery and understanding, but a whole community of neighbors-children, adolescents, and adults. The catalyst comes in the form of Nora Silk, a vibrant, independent, freeth...

from starlightink

Hoffman always writes of the ghosts that haunt people's lives. This book is no exception. However, the more interesting aspect of this book is how well Hoffman has drawn a character that so accurately illustrates the Aphrodite Goddess-type written about by Jane Shiboda Bolen in her book, The Godd...

from Rdra1962

Somehow I have never read any Alice Hoffman. I found this one at the pool, and it was pretty good. She captures the feeling and longings of inhabitants of a brand new suburb on Long Island. The novel takes place at a crucial time, when women were just starting to feel itchy in their traditional r...

from mbergman

This is Hoffman at her best (and that's very good, indeed), giving us an engaging & empathetic treatment of a mother & son who are outcasts in the small community they move into. It has nice light magical touches, especially in her descriptions of everyday suburban scenes.