by Alice Hoffman · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099283980
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«Local Girls» is Alice Hoffman's collection of interconnected stories, published by Vintage in paperback (208 pages, in English).
The work follows Gretel Samuelson from childhood to her first steps into adulthood, portraying a family shaken by divorce, bad luck, and intense emotional bonds. Among the characters are Franny, her smoking mother who falls apart, her seemingly perfect brother with hidden flaws, and her best friend Jill, whose beauty drags her into a world of women that Gretel does not yet understand.
The book was originally published in 1999, although this Vintage edition dates from 2000.
Recommended for readers interested in contemporary fiction and coming-of-age stories written by Alice Hoffman.
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.
