The characters escape not to wild moors but marshes haunted by foxes and souls of drowned men-compelling Imagine Wuthering Heights set in a small New England town during the last 30 years. Hoffman is shrewd and witty about the networks of gossip and affection in town, and she evokes place superbly. Here On Earth is a wonderful piece of storytelling Read more If I could see things through Hoffman's eyes, I'm convinced life would be richer and more interesting. Her themes of love, marriage, family and friendship are reassuringly familiar and her style agreeably evocative.Her stories have a quality of mystery and even darkness that puts a fresh spin on the commonplace, and at its very best can make the reader look at life from a fresh angle.

There is something irresistible about the novels of Alice Hoffman. Here on Earth is both a darkly compelling love story and a fantastically detailed portrait of small-town life, rife with gossip. But her lover is a man of strange secrets with a violent streak, and she soon discovers him to be a Bluebeard with a sinister collection. Overwhelmed by her emotions, she abandons her marriage and life commitments in pursuit of the affair. Unexpectedly, though, the visit rekindles in March a passion for an earlier unrequited love. Clean copy with some shelf wear March returns to her childhood home with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to attend the funeral of the housekeeper who brought her up. March returns to her childhood home with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to attend the funeral of the housekeeper who brought her up.

Here on earth by alice hoffman