If you could see our copies of her novels, you’d find sentences underlined and highlighted left and right. We’re all obsessed with Alice Hoffman’s superior writing. People begin to flock to the town to reap the benefits of her inexplicable healing powers.Ĥ. Shelby’s best friend, Helene, is thought to be a bestower of miracles. Sometimes you have to dig down deep to find it, but in FAITHFUL the magic is apparent right away. Every time we read an Alice Hoffman novel, we love to figure out where the magical element is. Finding out who she really is, instead of who she thought she was supposed to be, is challenging, scary, nerve-racking-and one hell of a good story. For a while you aren’t sure where you are going to find the light, and it’s incredible to watch Shelby slowly become a newly realized person. Unlike her previous novels, Hoffman starts in the dark place and goes to the light.

A departure from Hoffman’s signature historical novels. This is her first modern-day story in a little while, and she has taken what appear to be observations about events going on in the world and wrapped them up in her own brand of enchantment. It’s also a quick start to the book that immediately throws you into the tragedy and the action.Ģ. It’s so powerful and really sets the stage for how Shelby and Helene’s lives are truncated at singular moment.

Actually, we’re still talking about how much we love this book. Sipping rosé, we raved about Alice Hoffman’s novel FAITHFUL-a soul-searching story about a young woman named Shelby Richmond whose fate is changed after an extraordinary tragedy leaves her best friend in a coma. In case you missed it, Monday night marked the exciting first Facebook Live meeting of Something to Read About: the Off the Shelf Book Club. We’ll be chatting about A MAN CALLED OVE and all things Fredrik Backman. Editor’s Note: You can catch our next Facebook Live Book Club discussion on Friday, November 10 at Noon EST.

Faithful by alice hoffman