The Probable Future (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345455916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Brainy and unpopular, Stella chafes at her mother's invasive omniscience while trying to make sense of her own powers. Jenny and Will soon join her, as does Will's brother, Matt, a reclusive scholar, and Stella's best friend, the audacious, jaded Juliet Aronson. Jenny is recently divorced from Will Avery, a charming but erratic and hard-drinking music teacher; she and Stella live in Boston, where Stella is a charity case at the exclusive Rabbit School for girls. When Stella asks her father, Will, to try to prevent a death, he ends up becoming a murder suspect, and her mother sends her to live with El
The women of the Sparrow family have lived in New England for generations. Each is born in the month of March, and at the age of thirteen, each develops an unusual gift. Now three generations of estranged Sparrow women must come together to turn Stella’s potential to ruin into a potential to redeem.. But as Stella struggles to cope with her disturbing clairvoyance, the unthinkable happens: One of her premonitions lands her father in jail, wrongly accused of homicide. Granddaughter Stella, newly a teen, has just developed the ability to see how other people will die. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people’s dreams as they’re dreaming them. Ironically, it is their gifts that have kept Elinor and Jenny apart for the last twenty-five years. Elinor can litera
mark said The Future is Not What It Seems. Sparrow women each receive an unusual talent upon their thirteenth birthday. Stella' s gift is seeing how people will die brings both conflict and the town of Unity, MA. Despite these fantastic gifts, the story and characters are very real. Characters are paired but do not stay connected as the story progresses. While some of the endings are predictable, the interchange between characters and the interspers. Back to form L. Blumenthal Alice Hoffman's PRACTICAL MAGIC is easily her most popular title, yet she hasn't written anything similar to that book in many years, much to the dismay of her many fans. Subsequent books have ranged from disturbing to unfulfilling, as she tackled such powerful themes as spousal abuse, hazing and identity change.But this book returns her to the genre that suits her best: magical realism. The wonderful book . Nance said I would recommend her books to anyone.. Love all her books. This was no exception a very fast read and entertaining. Great writer.