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| The Third Angel: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 6691
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307393852
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307393852
ASIN: 0307393852
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 My first and definitely not last Alice Hoffman book April 29, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was a beautiful, moving book. I really wanted to savor it but unfortunately finished it in two days anyway because I couldn't put it down. The writing manages to convey the mood and each character's emotion without being overly wordy.
I've been aware of Alice Hoffman for many years but for some reason never picked up one of her books until now. I have a hard time finding authors I really like and I'm excited to start reading her prior novels.
A Good Summer Read June 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If I fast-forward 50 or 60 or 100 years, I envision The Third Angel being taught in a literature classroom in which the professor is discussing a literary technique called Hoffmanism, where an author writes her book so that it can be read either front to back or back to front. It is the character Allie in The Third Angel who discusses that she wrote her best-selling children's book, The Heron's Wife, in that way. And it is author Hoffman who so eloquently does it in The Third Angel. Based on the reviews by Amazon readers, I can see that some readers want to relate to the characters, and some readers just read for beautiful prose. The Third Angel delivers on both accounts. I plan to re-read it next summer, only next summer I will read Part III first, then Part II, then Part I.
Wonderful April 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been reading Alice Hoffman's novels since " Turtle Moon " first came out. "The Third Angel" is now one of my favortites, right up there with "Practical Magic".
BRILLIANT STORY April 21, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Alice Hoffman is one of the finest writers of these times.Her books have received many awards from magazines and newspapers.
Now, in "The Third Angel" Hoffman writes a very original story that covers the lives of three women who love the wrong men. Maddy Heller is attracdted to her sister's fiance.
Bryn Evans and Frieda Lewis are the other characters in this book who also are involved with the wrong men.
Lucy Green who is at the heart of this story, blames herself for an accident that she witnessed when she was twelve years old. Now she has spent four decades looking for the "third angel" on earth who will renew her faith.
This is a brilliantly written story about unique love.
I enjoyed it very much.
OUTSTANDING April 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Even though I've thoroughly enjoyed some of her recent works, I feel this is Ms. Hoffman's best book in years! The story is rich, multi-layered, and deeply engaging. Beautiful writing to get lost in telling a tale that you hate to see come to an end. If you've never read Hoffman, do yourself a favor - she's simply the best.
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