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    Second Nature
    Second Nature
    Second Nature
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    Second Nature

    Written by Alice Hoffman

    Narrated by Kate Nelligan

    3.5/5

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    A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMar 1, 1994
    ISBN9780743545945
    Second Nature
    Author

    Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Book of Magic, Magic Lessons, The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic (a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick), the Oprah’s Book Club Selection Here on Earth, The Red Garden, The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, and Faithful. She lives near Boston.

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    • 4/5
      I hope that eventually I'll be able to read all the books written by Alice Hoffman. I certainly have a long way to go but managed to quickly read Second Nature. I liked the well-developed characters, the concept, and of course, the writing style. She usually writes with more mysticism than she did in this novel, but she has written a novel that I enjoyed very much. It has depth, emotion, suspense, realistic settings, and a secret, sad romance.Alice Hoffman knows how to write about human nature. This novel has several story lines among its characters and they all deal with how we react to various situations in our lives. Thought-provoking book.
    • 4/5
      A man who was raised by wolves after he is in a plane crash when he is 3 1/2 is taken in by a woman, who teaches him how to live among humans. Stephen must choose between his love for her and his desire to return to simpler way of life among animals.
    • 3/5
      short, intriguing, but just didn't quite get me, perhaps because I just didn't empathize with the characters as they were too superficially evoked
    • 4/5
      I've written so many times about Alice Hoffman, what more can I really say? She's amazing. She creates a magickal world we all want to believe in.
    • 2/5
      This was my first Alice Hoffman novel.I picked it up because I read an interview where Jodi Picoult said Hoffman was one of her favorite authors. Although it was an easy read and the first few pages hooked me, I quickly lost interest and never cared about the characters. It took me a month to finish it.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful story, compelling and poignant! Great imagination!
    • 4/5
      This was a really good story, though at times I wondered where it was going. On top of that, it was really sad, and didn't have the happy ending I was hoping for. It did end better than I expected.
    • 3/5
      More creepiness
    • 4/5
      Haunting, well written novel.