What: Alice Hoffman's novel Practical Magic is a beautifully written, languidly realistic series of character mappings ... that also happens to deploy magical realism.
Opening lines: "For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town."
Representative quote: "Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year."
You might not like if it: Don't get me started on the misguided movie adaptation.
Connection to previous Wreckage: Hoffman's Local Girls was Rec. #256.
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