02723cam a2200481 i 4500 544207280 TxAuBib 20211222120000.0 201203t20212020||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020948181 9781643587905 hardcover 1643587900 hardcover (OCoLC)1225193255 TxAuBib rda Hoffman, Alice. Practical magic. Magic lessons / Alice Hoffman. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021. ©2020. 543 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Practical magic ; 1 Prequel to: Practical magic. We first met the Owens in the glorious novel Practical Magic. We discovered the tragedy of the Owens siblings in Rules of Magic. Now we learn how it all began ... with a baby abandoned in a snowy English field in the 1600s. Under the care of gentle Hannah Owens, little Maria learns about the 'Unnamed Arts'. Maria has a gift for them - a gift that may well prove her undoing. When Maria is abandoned by the man she loves, she invokes the curse that will haunt her family for centuries. Because magic has rules and they must be followed. This is the lesson that Maria will carry with her for the rest of her life and pass on to her children and her children's children. In the 1600s, Maria was abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, who recognizes that Maria has a gift, she learns about the 'Unnamed Arts.' When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. She invokes a curse that will haunt her family for generations. And she learns the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life: Love is the only thing that matters.-- adapted from back cover. 20211222. British Massachusetts Salem Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. Witches Fiction. Magic fiction. Blessing and cursing Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Families Fiction. Large type books. Paranormal fiction. Salem (Mass) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction. Massachusetts Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. Practical magic ; 1.