The Collected Novels, Volume Two
The Foretelling, White Horses, Angel Landing, and Seventh Heaven
Part 2 of the Collected Novels of Alice Hoffman series
Whether in an ancient tribe of female warriors or a sleepy Long Island suburb in the late 1950s, the novels in this collection carve out a piece of that uniquely Hoffmanesque landscape-somewhere between magic and reality, hope and disappointment, the mythical and the mundane-where we are surprised but delighted to rediscover mercy and our humanity. The Foretelling: This young adult New York Times bestseller is the story of Rain, born out of sorrow but destined to lead her tribe of Amazon warriors. Determined to win her mother's love and take her rightful place as the next queen, Rain becomes a brave and skilled fighter. But the dream of a black horse clouds her future, portending death. Peace, mercy, and love are forbidden words in her people's language-can Rain teach her sisters to speak in a new tongue before it's too late?
White Horses: A story about the fairy-tale fantasies of girlhood and the realities of growing up. When Teresa was a little girl, she dreamed of fearless heroes on white horses, the romantic outlaws who populated the stories her mother told her. As an adult, she is irresistibly drawn to her brother, Silver, even as he recklessly pursues a life of crime and danger, captivated by the belief that he may be the night rider of her dreams.
Angel Landing: An explosion at a nuclear power plant under construction on Angel Landing changes the lives of Natalie, a therapist; her activist boyfriend, Carter; her eccentric aunt Minnie; and the man who walks into her office with an incredible confession to make.
Seventh Heaven: In this New York Times bestseller, the arrival of a free-thinking divorced mother, Nora Silk, and her two young sons transforms a Long Island suburb during the summer of 1959.