{"product_id":"seventh-heaven-isbn-9780425188484","title":"Seventh Heaven","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Part \u003ci\u003eAmerican Graffiti\u003c\/i\u003e, part early Updike, \u003ci\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e simultaneously chronicles the coming of age of a group of teenagers in a Long Island town, and the gradual dissolution of their parents’ repressed, middle-class world...A parable about changing times and changing values”(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNora Silk doesn’t really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women’s apprehension evolves into admiration. The men’s lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain. And everyone on this little street in 1959 Long Island seems to sense the possibilities and perils of a different kind of future when they look at Nora Silk. An extraordinary novel, \u003ci\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A pleasure...\u003ci\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is not only entertaining—it gives one new respect for tender suburban dreams.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A consummate joy...magical.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Before you know it, you're half in love with the ordinary people who inhabit this book; you're seduced by their susceptibility to the remarkable.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Seamless storytelling...vivid characters…a lively pace and plenty of surprises.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful...sparkling...Seventh Heaven is a major accomplishment.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stirring, stunning...by far [her] best book.”—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant and astonishing...Suffused with magic. If ever a book deserved to be called ‘haunting,’ this is it. In every sense of the word.”—\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Terrific...Seventh Heaven is one of those rare novels so abundant with life it seems to overflow its own pages...Her storytelling gifts are those of a master.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully told.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Literary magic...A beautiful, deceptively simple story about ordinary life in an ordinary housing development nestled beside the Southern State Parkway...Hoffman breaks down the barriers of time, distance, and reticence. She takes us inside the houses of Hemlock Street and shows us how our ordinary neighbors—like ouselves—are both unique and universal, and worthy of love.”—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the full flowering of her extraordinary talent, Hoffman has produced a wise, poignant and uplifting novel luminous with the sensitive evocation of ordinary lives...As usual she tells more than a compulsively readable story. She does magic, she unsettles you and she leaves you feeling emotionally purged and satisfied.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] deft blend of magical realism and sociological truth.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of more than thirty works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World That We Knew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (A Reese’s Book Club pick), \u003ci\u003eMagic Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (An Oprah’s Book Club pick), and \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives near Boston.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303084183781,"sku":"NP9780425188484","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425188484.jpg?v=1767736395","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/seventh-heaven-isbn-9780425188484","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}