by Alice Hoffman · Putnam · tapa dura · ISBN 9780399133671
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«At Risk» is the contemporary fiction novel by Alice Hoffman, published by Putnam in hardcover (219 pages, in English).
A New England family faces the AIDS diagnosis of their daughter Amanda, an eleven-year-old girl, and struggles to keep her integrated in school while the illness and the fear of those around them test their bonds. The novel portrays everyday resilience and love as a response to tragedy, without shying away from the pain or the isolation caused by misunderstanding.
Originally published in 1988.
For readers of contemporary fiction and book clubs interested in family dramas.
Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name and went on to spawn a media franchise. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.
