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The Probable Future

byAlice Hoffman

Genres: Nonfiction Creative Nonfiction

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy character-driven narratives with elements of magical realism and family dynamics.

Topics FamilyLoveChoicesConsequences

MoodBittersweet, Dark, Magical

Female protagonist

RomanceMinor Subplot

ViolenceMild

When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella's case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person's probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting scent of roses and wisteria, and the hum of bees on a summer evening.

Language

Published on

28/09/2013

Format

eBook

ISBN

9781446448250

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