''Practical Magic'' is a 1995 novel by

Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel ''Practical Magic'', which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of ...

. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name. Hoffman has since published two prequel novels, ''The Rules of Magic'' (2017) and ''Magic Lessons'' (2020), as well as one sequel, ''The Book of Magic'' (2021).

Plot summary

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

town. Gillian and Sally have also endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their darkened house, their love concoctions and their crowd of black cats. All Gillian and Sally wanted to do was escape. One would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back to each other, and to the magic they could not escape.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Practical Magic (Novel) 1995 American novels 1995 fantasy novels American fantasy novels adapted into films Novels set in Massachusetts Works about sisters