Blackbird House: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345455932 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Inside Blackbird House more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives. From the time of the British occupation of Massachusetts to our own modern world, family after family’s lives are inexorably changed, not only by the people they love but by the lives they lead inside Blackbird House. This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod is a place that is as bewitching and alive as the characters we meet: Violet, a brilliant girl who is in love with books and with a man destined to betray her; Lysander Wynn, attack
Hands On Equine said Wonderful, as Hoffman always is--if you love the REAL Cape Cod and Massachusetts, read this book.. I've yet to read anything I didn't absolutely adore by Alice Hoffman, and Blackbird House is no exception. This book is a collection of stories that take place from the early days of Massachusetts to the present, with "Blackbird House" as almost a character unto itself linking all the different tales.Hoffman is at her best when describing the natural beauty of the New England coast and the way the land and its rich history have shaped the people there into quirky, scrappy personalities. If you liked Illumination Night or The Probable Future, you will no doubt enjoy this book too. I grew up in Massachusetts, and it made . Karen M. Mercier said Cape Cod Home. This is a series of short stories about a house and peice of property on Cape Cod. Most of it rings true but a child can't buy a lottery ticket and ride around without a helmet in Massachusetts. Other than that this is a good read!. The Beauty of Rd cat An unusual and heartwarming patchwork of stories woven together in red at Blackbird Hill through the years with some fantasy and magic sprinkled throughout.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Lion's orphaned son, Lion West Jr., serves in World War II and meets a German-Jewish woman spirited enough to stand up to his possessive grandmother Violet. Fire, water, milk, pears, halibut—these, too, play important symbolic and sometimes almost magical roles. Hoffman's symbols are lovingly presented and polished: the 10-year-old boy who drowned with his father in the first story sets free a pet blackbird, who returns, now all white, to live with the boy's mother; in the last two stories, a 10-year-old boy blames a white crow for his mischief, and, a generation later, that boy's grown-up sister meets a 10-year-old boy who makes her reconsider selling Blackbird House. All rights reserved. Built during British colonial days by a ma