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The Probable Future (Paperback)

by Alice Hoffman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (5 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 009945386X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099453864
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 132,074 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Alice Hoffman is simply brilliant'

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When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella's case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person's probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Her mother Jenny, on the other hand, can read other people's dreams, but so often misinterprets them, to her own cost. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting scent of roses and wisteria, and the hum of bees on a summer evening.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Alice Hoffman at her very best, 18 Sep 2006
By M. Cookson-carter "Cookie Monster" (Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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If you have never read an Alice Hoffman novel, then this book is probably the best place to start. It is filled to the brim with her beautifully metaphoric language and you find yourself immersed into the lives of the women, whom the book is created around.
The interweaving story lines, atmospheric locations and development of the characters run like a blood-line through the novel until you reach the end and feel a large sense of sadness that these people will no longer be a part of your day.
Wonderful, but read on. Read: Blue Diary, Blackbird House, Here on Earth, Turtle Moon and River King to name but a few and you will catch onto her regular use of metaphors, such as birds and her captivating, sometimes dislikeable, but always fatefully strong women.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book!, 17 Jan 2006
Alice Hoffman has been compared with Anne Tyler and Carol Shields. I have to say that I didn't agree - until now. This book is simply one of the best books I have read in a long time. It has a magical, unreal quality and humanness about it. She makes the characters come alive for you - you care about them. It really is a lovely story to get lost in. I just can't put it down. I borrowed this book from the library. I haven't even finished it but want to buy it for myself - and when I saw the other reviews I had to put the record straight!
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4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, 23 Aug 2004
From the blurb i thought this book looked really interesting, it was quite good in the end, but it focuses less on the powers of the girls in the family (which i thought was the interesting bit) and more on the relationships the characters develop, and the scenery of the village in which its set. Overall it was ok, a little boring in places but entertaining none the less, there is no real conclusion to the murder case, but apart from that it makes a good holiday read.
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