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Title: Alice Hoffman is a very fine writer
Review: Ms. Hoffman is one of the four or five best writers in this country today. Blackbird House is a wonderful tour through history as experienced by families who all live in a Cape Cod house from the American Revolution forward.As there is in the world, there is a bit of magic in this book. There is also love, grief, and family struggle. It's interesting how something planted generations ago remains to please or bother succeeding occupants, a metaphor for neighborly rumor or belief that transcend time and people's lives.I highly recommend this book. It's short, but full of finely crafted sentences, and finely wrought ideas.
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