Alice Hoffman Makes My Soul Hurt

The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman. Pretty depressing. Surprisingly depressing, actually . Story wise (har har) I would not call it one of my favorites. I tend to be a case by case Hoffman reader - some stuff makes me go "Meh" and some makes me go nuts with joy (thank you, Practical Magic) - but she makes my soul hurt in the best way possible. I simply cannot get over how she can use plain old words to make simple objects, situations, the smallest interactions seem so quietly, yet overwhelmingly beautiful and meaningful. Never has a book made me want so badly to eat a tomato, sit in the grass, or garden.

Artistic glory. Yum.