Here On Earth

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<p>March returns to her childhood home with her teenage daughter, Gwen, to attend the funeral of the housekeeper who brought her up. Unexpectedly, though, the visit rekindles in March a passion for an earlier unrequited love. Overwhelmed by her emotions, she abandons her marriage and life commitments in pursuit of the affair. But her lover is a man of strange secrets with a violent streak, and she soon discovers him to be a Bluebeard with a sinister collection...</p><p><i>Here on Earth</i>is both a darkly compelling love story and a fantastically detailed portrait of small-town life, rife with gossip, tensions and murky pasts.</p><p>An Oprah Winfrey Book Club Choice.</p>

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Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of acclaimed novels, including<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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