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Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick—and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Updike
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2008
- ISBN10
- 0679645888
- ISBN13
- 9780679645887
- Series
- The Witches of Eastwick
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Travel, Humor, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Friendship, Horror, USA, Relationships, Magic, American Literature, Supernatural Phenomena, Death, Sexuality & Intimacy, Adapted for Film, China, Past, America, Revenge, Witches, Diseases, Canada, Happiness, Egypt, Summer, Sisters, Jealousy, Cancer, Tumors, Journalists, Supernatural Horror, Old Age, Small Town, Widows
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- The Widows of Eastwick
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick—and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche. From the Trade Paperback edition.