I think this is a prequel to Practical Magic, which I did not read or see the movie. The older ladies in the movie start as teens in this book, and it covers maybe fifty years.
This is the book club selection for the month. I usually stay away from things about magic, so it is another one I would not have chosen for myself. Maybe that is the point of a book group.
As Mark Twain said, "For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like."
I finished it. There were some nice things in it. The older woman character in particular had some wise things to say. I thought it was mostly a sad story, or several interwoven sad stories.
I've been watching television this week with many political ads demonizing a couple of powerful women in politics who are not even involved in these elections. Men with power still fear losing it to strong women. But I think today even in a small town people would not fear people they thought had magic. Nuts and druggies, gangs and so forth, yes.
What sort of superstitions do you pay attention to? People still want to believe in a little magic, to have control over random things they really cannot control. In this story, the main characters didn't really have influence over the things they cared about, magic or no.
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