{"product_id":"housewitch-paperback","title":"Housewitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Schickel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer foster child, now a stay-at-home mom of three, Allison Darling desperately wants to fit in with the latte drinking and hundred-dollar-yoga-pants wearing moms that run Monrovia, her charming seaside town. Constantly feeling like an outsider, Allison dreams of more for her children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Allison's estranged mother passes away, her previously dormant special talents emerge. Soon she is reunited with the family that abandoned her and learns of their heartbreaking legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, the Glamour Girls, a soap-selling company run by the most popular women in Monrovia, recruits Allison to join them. They have a monopoly on everything in town, from bake sales to businesses deals. But once you're a Glamour Girl, there's no going back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly caught between the rag-tag, hippie relatives she once so desperately wanted and the rich, charismatic Glamour Girls--Allison is unsure where she fits in. Could she come to trust the strange outcast family that abandoned her, or really hang with the most powerful, glamorous women in town? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Allison, it's like high school all over again, except this time, the mean girls have more than killer manicures and the nobodies aren't sulking in the band hall. They're adults. They've got husbands, children, and livelihoods on the line. And they also happen to be witches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllison's decision to lend her powerful magical talents to either group will change Monrovia--and Allison--forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatie Schickel's debut entertains while delightfully skewering our culture's obsession with domestic perfection. In the spirit of John Updike's \u003ci\u003eWitches of Eastwick\u003c\/i\u003e and Alice Hoffman's \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, Schickel casts a spell all her own. \u003ci\u003eHousewitch\u003c\/i\u003e takes us deep inside the dark arts of 21st century motherhood and sparkles with unexpected magic. --Amber Dermont, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Starboard Sea \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATIE SCHICKEL graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in English. She lives in Massachusetts. \u003ci\u003eHousewitch \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228832186617,"sku":"9780765377319","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZFhVSEgrRTR3T0x5eFRqdEVOZU1Jdz09.webp?v=1768296419","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/housewitch-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}