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Alice Hoffman (1952) is an American novelist and children's writer. She is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew (2019); The Marriage of Opposites (2015); The Museum of Extraordinary Things (2014); The Dovekeepers (2011); Here on Earth (1997), an Oprah's Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series with one of the books selected for Reese's Book Club. She is a New York Times bestseller for Seventh Heaven (1990), and currently lives near Boston.We are in heaven, <i>Seventh Heaven</i>, when reading this novel
The Times
This is <b>Alice Hoffman at her best</b>, turning our eyes toward the ordinary surface of things <b>to see the power that shimmers underneath </b>
- Amy Tan,
Ms. Hoffman's own talent is neither questionable nor in any danger of fading. She has <b>complete control over this bustling story</b>, shuffling its many vignettes as cleverly as she captures the nuances of its many voices. Her narrative has a very satisfying shape, but it's equally satisfying in its details
New York Times
Brilliant and astonishing
Cosmopolitan
Hoffman's most beguiling fiction to date
Times Literary Supplement
Hoffman is a <b>dreamy and mesmerising storyteller</b> . . . Before you know it, you're half in love with the ordinary people who inhabit this book; you're seduced by their susceptibility to the remarkable
The New Yorker
<b>Stirring, stunning</b> . . . By far (her) best book
Time Magazine
A consummate joy . . . Magical
Washington Post Book World
Hoffman has the magic, and if she wants to tell us about once-upon-a-time in Levittown, <b>she'll keep us hooked all the way to happily ever after</b>
Kirkus Reviews
<i>Seventh Heaven</i> confirms her place as <b>one of the finest writers of her generation</b>
Newsweek