Alice Hoffman

28 Feb, 2020

The World That We Knew, a review

Nancy Admin2020-02-28T06:00:44+00:00Categories: Book Reviews, Books, Current Events, Magical Realism, Musings|Tags: Alice Hoffman, Children's safety, golem, heron, Holocaust, Humanness, refugee crisis, Soul, The World That We Knew|

Alice Hoffman’s “The World That We Knew” is an achingly beautiful fairy tale about the Holocaust. Her novel emphasizes the plight of children separated from their parents: Jewish children and [...]

28 Jun, 2019

Summer Reading: a few cryptic reviews (no spoilers!)

Nancy Admin2019-06-28T05:45:34+00:00Categories: Book Reviews, Literature, Magical Realism, Musings, Summer|Tags: Alice Hoffman, Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, Namwali Serpell, Red Garden, The Old Drift|

Every summer I go in search of a book I can fall in love with. A book that will capture my imagination with poetic language, fascinating characters, and a compelling [...]