Happy Birthday, Alice Hoffman
by Maxine
Today, March 16, is the birthday of Alice Hoffman, author of more than twenty books and several screenplays. Her latest book for young teens, Aquamarine about a wise mermaid, has recently been made into a film. Hoffman's books are infused with magic so that sometimes it's difficult to tell the real from the unreal. Ghosts can be as important in the development of the story as the flesh and blood characters like in The River King and the moral concerns can be both contemporary and timeless.
The Ice Queen,her latest novel for adults, is about (of all things!) a librarian who is struck by lightning and whose favorite book is one on suicide. She moves to a town in Florida which is known to be its lightning capital and is drawn into the mysteries of this electrical phenomenon.
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