6/30/2023 0 Comments Here on earth hoffman![]() ![]() ![]() “I work to find those answers through writing because it’s not really something you can do in everyday life.” “I have a deep desire to find the answers to questions about love, death, and how to cope with disappointment,” the 50something writer tells The Connection from her home outside of Boston. For instance, her novel, “At Risk,” concerns a family dealing with AIDS and can be found on the reading lists of many universities, colleges, and secondary schools. ![]() Why she does it: Hoffman says that while it’s thrilling to watch her books make a splash in theaters, her goal is to understand life’s biggest questions. ![]() Her young adult novel, “Aquamarine,” made it to the silver screen in 2006, starring teen queens Joanna “JoJo” Levesque, Emma Roberts, and Sara Paxton. That same year, her book, “Practical Magic,” was made into a Warner Brothers film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. What she does: Her novel, “Here on Earth,” was an Oprah Book Club choice in 1998. These themes are at the heart of more than thirty works of fiction, including Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic, The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, Practical Magic, The Book of Magic, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. ![]()
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