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The Probable Future | [Alice Hoffman]
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The Probable Future

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  • by Alice Hoffman
  • Narrated by Susan Ericksen

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  • LENGTH
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  • RELEASE DATE
    09-14-04
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Publisher's Summary

Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window to the future - a future that she might not want to see.

In Alice Hoffman's tour de force, this vivid and intriguing cast of characters confronts a haunting past - and a very current murder - against the evocative backdrop of small-town New England. By turns chilling and enchanting, The Probable Future chronicles the Sparrows' legacy as young Stella struggles to cope with her disturbing clairvoyance. Her potential to ruin or redeem becomes unbearable when one of her premonitions puts her father in jail, wrongly accused of homicide. Yet this ordeal also leads Stella to the grandmother she was forbidden to meet, and to an historic family home full of talismans from her ancestors.

©2004 Alice Hoffman; (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

What the Critics Say

"Delicious....Hoffman is an unapologetic optimist, and optimism is in short supply these days. It feels like a vacation to curl up with [The Probable Future]." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Spellbinding....Of all the magical realists writing today, she may have the best sense of balance." (Portland Oregonian)

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    Sharon San Leandro, CA, United States 10-03-10
    Sharon San Leandro, CA, United States 10-03-10 Member Since 2010

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    "Stirring and beautiful"

    The plot in this book is okay, but Alice Hoffman simply stirs the soul with her beautiful writing and profound insights. You can recognize her books by the touch of magic in their pages.

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