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DescriptionofthisBookReadersofTheScarletLetterhavelongbeencaptivatedbythestrengthandresolveofHesterPrynne.Now,inthisremarkableandmesmerizingnovel,BigsbybridgesthecenturiesandintroducesreaderstoayoungerPrynne,tellingofherattemptstofleeanoppressivemarriage,herloveaffairwithArthurDimmesdale,andofherlifeinanewland.
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AliceHoffmanInaprolificcareerthatbeganwithearlywritingsintheAmericanReview,AliceHoffmanhasexpandedanddevelopedtheideaoffamilyandcommunity--theforcesthatbindittogetherandtheforcesthatdriveitapart--withunderstatedandelegantproseandpowerfulandcomplexcharacters.BiographyBorninthe1950stocollege-educatedparentswhodivorcedwhenshewasyoung,AliceHoffmanwasraisedbyhersingle,workingmotherinablue-collarLongIslandneighborhood.Althoughshefeltlikeanoutsidergrowingup,shediscoveredthatthesefeelingsofnotquitebelongingpositionedheruniquelytoobservepeoplefromadistance.Later,shewouldhonethisviewpointinstoriesthatcapturedthefullintensityofthehumanexperience.Afterhighschool,HoffmanwenttoworkfortheDoubledayfactoryinGardenCity.Buttheeight-hour,supervisedworkdaywasnotforher,andshequitbeforelunchonherfirstday!SheenrolledinnightschoolatAdelphiUniversity,graduatingin1971withadegreeinEnglish.ShewentontoattendStanfordUniversity'sCreativeWritingCenteronaMirrelleesFellowship.HermentoratStanford,thegreatteacherandnovelistAlbertGuerard,helpedtogetherfirststorypublishedintheliterarymagazineFiction.ThestoryattractedtheattentionoflegendaryeditorTedSolotaroff,whoaskedifshehadwrittenanylongerfiction.Shehadn't--butimmediatelysettowork.In1977,whenHoffmanwas25,herfirstnovel,PropertyOf,waspublishedtogreatfanfare.Sincethatremarkabledebut,HoffmanhascarvedherselfauniquenicheinAmericanfiction.Afavoritewithteensaswellasadults,sherenderslife'sdeepestmysteriesimmediatelyunderstandableinstoriessuffusedwithmagicrealismandadreamy,fairy-talesensibility.(Ina1994articleforTheNewYorkTimes,interviewerRuthReichldescribedthemagicinHoffman'sbooksasacasual,regularoccurrence--"...sooffhandthateventhemostskepticalreadercanacceptit.")Hercharacters'livesaretransformedbyuncontrollableforces--loveandloss,sorrowandbliss,dangeranddeath.Hoffman's1997novelHereonEarthwasselectedasanOprahBookClubpick,butevenwithoutWinfrey'spowerfulendorsement,herbookshavebecomehugebestsellers--includingthreethathavebeenadaptedforthemovies:PracticalMagic(1995),TheRiverKing(2000),andherYAfableAquamarine(2001).Hoffmanisabreastcancersurvivor;andlikemanypeoplewhoconsiderthemselvesblessedwithluck,shebelievesstronglyingivingback.Forthisreason,shedonatedheradvancefromher1999shortstorycollectionLocalGirlstohelpcreatetheHoffmanBreastCenteratMt.AuburnHospitalinCambridge,MA.GoodToKnowHoffmanhaswrittenanumberofchildren'sbooks,includingFireflies:AWinter'sTale(1999),Horsefly(2000),andMoondog(2004).AquamarinewaswrittenforHoffman'sbestfriend,JoAnn,whodreamedofthefreedomofmermaidsasshebattledbraincancer.HereonEarthisamodernversionofHoffman'sfavoritenovel,WutheringHeights.HoffmanhasbeenhonoredwiththeMassachusettsBookAwardforherteennovelIncantation.Hometown:Boston,MassachusettsDateofBirth:三月16,1952PlaceofBirth:NewYork,NewYorkEducation:B.A.,AdelphiUniversity,1973;M.A.,StanfordUniversity,1974Website:http://www.alicehoffman.com
