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by: Alice Hoffman  EAN: 9780701178994 Edition: Airport / Export Ed Format: Import ISBN: 070117899X Label: Chatto and Windus Manufacturer: Chatto and Windus Number Of Pages: 262 Publication Date: January 04, 2007 Publisher: Chatto and Windus Studio: Chatto and Windus Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Fascinating!Alice Hoffman draws the imperfect family like no other! I am always captivated by her unique style of writing, and with her quirky characters. As a mental health professional, I found the characters in this story to be particularly fascinating. Although quite sad and depressing at times, this story does have a remarkable message of hope as well. Rating: - Praise for Skylight Confessions and Alice Hoffman :)Alice Hoffman is a wonderful story-teller. She keeps it clean and without unnecessary details that too many authors tend to suffocate their novels with. Though a little too fast pace at one to two scenes, for the most part Hoffman keeps a very gentle pace that goes nicely with her story line. Skylight Confessions is wonderful and filled with laughs and lines that tug pretty hard at your heart. She has a way of spinning a spell binding story with minimal words and keeps it so believable that you ... Read More Rating:  - Plenty Confessions to Go AroundSkylight Confessions is one of those books in which not all of the main characters are living, breathing entities. In this case, one of them is the house in which most of the major characters live at some point in the novel's progression. That house, an architectural marvel known locally as the "Glass Slipper," gives new meaning to the old saying about "people who live in glass houses" because those who live there have to adapt to the fact that this house, so largely constructed from glass, allows much ... Read More Rating: - Completely Enjoyable!I'm becoming quite a fan of Alice Hoffman's work. This book was another great one that I just didn't want to put down. I loved how completely unconnected characters became connected and then in each other's lives. Probably not the happiest of books, but definitely one that I was sad to see end. I definitely recommend this one! Rating:  - hoffman never dissapoints!Another outstanding Hoffman novel! I loved this book and was only upset about the ending..it kind of leaves you hanging, but it was still a great book. She has a way of making you feel for the characters. I loved this book! 
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