Magic Lessons
core novel 2020 Practical Magic
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (71,826 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781982108847 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Maria Owens is left as a baby on a doorstep in rural seventeenth-century England and is raised by Hannah Owens, a healer who teaches her herbs and spells. Hannah warns her that love brings sorrow, but Maria's life changes when a man she loves abandons her. She follows him across the ocean to Salem, Massachusetts, a town where women with knowledge like hers are watched and accused. There she settles in and, hurt and angry, places a curse on the men who love the women of her line. The novel traces the origin of the curse that shapes every later generation of the Owens family.
Where it sits
- Universe: Practical Magic
- Series: Practical Magic core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alice Hoffman
Notes
- A prequel to Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic.
- From the series record (Practical Magic): Four novels about the Owens family of witches and the curse on their line, from 1620s England to the present day.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Practical Magic: position 3 of 4: previous The Rules of Magic (2017) · next The Book of Magic (2021)
Sources
- Audible: Practical Magic series
- AbeBooks (Simon & Schuster hardcover, 2020)
- Schweitzer Fachinformationen
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