Local Girls

A captivating short story collection following one family as they navigate love, loss and growing up. Alice Hoffman casts her spell over a neighbourhood filled with dreamers and dreams as she evokes the world of the Samuelsons, a family torn apart by tragedy and bound together by devotion. As Gretel grows up, she is witness to the breakup of her parents' marriage, the ups and downs of her cousin Margot's search for love, the deterioration of a brother who passes up Harvard for a job at the local supermarket, and emotional explosions that shatter the suburban quiet... ‘Alice Hoffman writes quite wonderfully about the magic in our lives’ The New York Times Book Review