The Third Angel

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<p>This haunting, poignant and addictive story travels effortlessly across time, telling the tale of three generations of women who make the wrong choices and have to live with the consequences.</p><p>It opens in London in the present day, when an envious sibling comes to her sister's wedding. Back in the Swinging Sixties, the bridegroom's conventional English mother, Freida, behaves in a wholly unconventional way while working in a Knightsbridge hotel. Even before that, the seeds of tragedy are sown in the Fifties, when twelve-year-old Lucy first visits London and the same hotel. Precocious, impatient, wise beyond her years, Lucy becomes a go-between for two star-crossed lovers and then holds herself agonisingly responsible for what happens...</p>

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Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of acclaimed novels, including<i>Here on Earth</i>(an Oprah Book Club selection),<i>Practical Magic</i>(a Hollywood film),<i>The River King</i>,<i>Blue Diary</i>,<i>Turtle Moon</i>and most recently<i>Skylight Confessions</i>.<i>Blackbird House</i>was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. She divides her time between Boston and New York City.

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