Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Dark Side of Everything
"Finally, there was no way of getting around it; there was a wedding to attend, after all. A wedding where Maddy would once again be the sidekick, the bad little sister who couldn't follow rules, who even as a grown woman was afraid of ridiculous things, thunderstorms and mice, traffic jams and airplanes. She would most likely be made to wear a horrible dress of some dreadful synthetic fabric while her sister glowed in white silk and satin. Second-rate, second-best, the dark side of everything. She never believed men who told her she was beautiful and shies away from friendships. She did her work and kept to herself, the sort of woman who could stand idly by while children removed a butterfly's wings or buried a toad in the mud."
- The Third Angel, Alice Hoffman
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What is it about this time of year that draws us to Hoffman? Is it the darkness, the dreary, yet beautiful, rainy days and endless twlight?
I think I will have to make a tradition of reading one of her books the week before Christmas. A nice break from the frantic crafting that I always seem to succumb to. Now I just have to decide which one--make a tradition of rereading "Practical Magic," finish "The Story Sisters," or start something completely new like "The Ice Queen." Oh, the choices...
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