Book description
This haunting, poignant and addictive story travels effortlessly
across time, telling the tale of three generations of women who make
the wrong choices and have to live with the consequences.
It opens in London in the present day, when an envious sibling comes
to her sister's wedding. Back in the Swinging Sixties, the
bridegroom's conventional English mother, Freida, behaves in a wholly
unconventional way while working in a Knightsbridge hotel. Even before
that, the seeds of tragedy are sown in the Fifties, when
twelve-year-old Lucy first visits London and the same hotel.
Precocious, impatient, wise beyond her years, Lucy becomes a
go-between for two star-crossed lovers and then holds herself
agonisingly responsible for what happens...
Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of acclaimed novels,
including
Here on Earth
(an Oprah Book Club selection),
Practical Magic
(a Hollywood film),
The River King
,
Blue Diary
,
Turtle Moon
and most recently
Skylight Confessions
.
Blackbird House
was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
She divides her time between Boston and New York City.
