Skylight Confessions

Hoffman, Alice

3.7

9,187 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 1594836132 ISBN 13: 9781594836138

Publisher: Hachette Audio, 2007

The marriage of Arlyn Singer and John Moody, opposites who are drawn to each other despite a mutual lack of understanding, has a profound and lasting impact on them, their children, and their grandchildren, in a poignant novel of three generations of a family haunted and shaped by love. Simultaneous.

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Review:

"Wholly original and haunting." -- Parade

"Wholly original and haunting." -- Parade

"Wholly original and haunting."--Parade

"Among the many pleasures of "Skylight Confessions" is a sense of continuous corner-turning, a chain of surprises. . . . "Skylight Confessions" is about the unresolvable contradictions that lie at the heart of life." Ann Harleman, "Boston Globe""

"Wholly original and haunting." "Parade""

"Hoffman's shimmering, multigenerational melodrama bewitches with supernatural imagery while imaginatively dramatizing all-too-common heartaches."--Donna Seaman, Booklist

"Achingly beautiful and filled with heart-wrenchingly real characters: one of Hoffman's best."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Among the many pleasures of Skylight Confessions is a sense of continuous corner-turning, a chain of surprises. . . . Skylight Confessions is about the unresolvable contradictions that lie at the heart of life."--Ann Harleman, Boston Globe

"Hoffman's brand of magical realism squeezes caring out of hard-to-reach places and ends up being a celebration of love."--Good Housekeeping

"Wholly original and haunting."--Parade

From the Publisher:

A compelling new novel about three generations of a family haunted by an obsessive love, from the author of Practical Magic and Here on Earth.

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