Alice Hoffman is the New York Times bestselling author of Practical Magic, which inspired the cult-classic film by the same name starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.
In this week’s episode of Just the Right Book Podcast, the New York native joins Roxanne to discuss witches, feminism, family secrets, and her latest book, The Rules of Magic. The book which is set in New York City in the sixties is a prequel to Practical Magic and was picked by Reese Witherspoon for her October 2017 Book Club read. The actress and book lover described the story as “full of magic, love, family, heartbreak and redemption.”
When asked what attracted her to witches and magic, Alice Hoffman reveals how she grew up reading fairy tales, folk tales and myths. “What you read as a child influences who you become as a writer and who you become as a person. For me, it’s not a choice. Magic and literature are just wound together…braided together…they exist together. I always feel like realism is the new kid on the block and that literature is magic.”
And stay tuned after Roxanne’s conversation with Alice Hoffman to hear from Anne Bogel, the host of the popular book podcast What Should I Read Next? and the creator of the blog Modern Mrs. Darcy.
Books in this episode:
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Burning Girl by Claire Messud
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
The Ninth Hour by Alice Dermott
Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen
Epilogue: A Memoir by Anne Roiphe
Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything by Anne Bogel
This Must be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell
The Riders by Tim Winton
Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering by Wendy Lesser
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
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