Blackbird House: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Alice Hoffman

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Book Review: Not quite like Alice Hoffman!
Summary: 4 Stars

I cannot say this story flows as well as Hoffman's other books. It is certainly not the type of book you want to sit and finish in one sitting as it reads more as a collection of short stories with the house as the common ground to bind it all together. However, it does have some merits and probably ended up having more of an effect on me than Hoffman's usual emotionally charged books - you will certainly stop and think about your home surroundings more than you did before!

So, do I recommend it? Well yes, I do. It might not have the 'feel' of the other Hoffman books and will not appeal at first glance to those fans of her other works (myself included), but is a brave attempt to tell a very different type of story which will ultimately satisfy both dedicated Hoffman fans and a much wider audience beyond.

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