Turtle Moon

I first read this novel when it was published in 1992 and have reread it periodically. It never fails to cast its spell. Hoffman is a writer of great subtlety. It is easy to gobble up her books but, if you do, you miss much of their charm. The clarity of her prose and her talent for hovering on the edge of the magical is so perfectly balanced that you find yourself taking the most impossible occurrences for granted. I love... Read Full Review

From the first lines of this novel, you know that you are in good hands--the hands, the eyes, the soul of a poet. Alice Hoffman is a master storyteller, her language sumptuous, her stories captivating, her messages clear and vital, if not always happily-ever-after.Turtle Moon is about the dead coming to life. We discover one character after another--Julian, Keith, Lucy, Arrow--to be among the walking dead, shut out, by their... Read Full Review

TURTLE MOON is all a mystery should be. It is scary, seductive, sensual, complex, and logical. Furthermore, it has a supernatural element. I found TURTLE MOON totally enjoyable, although I wished at times the narrator would have slowed her pace.

I don't know how I missed this book in 1992--I must have been living under a rock!!! I highly recommend it.This story takes place in Verity , Florida, where more divorced women live than in any other town in Florida. Verity itself is one of the characters, it seems: hot, sultry, sweat-soaked. Hoffman's descriptions make you feel the unrelenting heat, see the ripples of heated air, and hear the insects buzzing lazily in the... Read Full Review

It would appear that I have arrived late at the party since Turtle Moon is only the third book I've read by Alice Hoffman. And while Practical Magic will most likely always remain my favorite, Turtle Moon, will be a close second. Once again as she does in her other books Alice Hoffman presents her readers with wonderful characters who remain with one long after they close the book. In Turtle Moon, she also describes... Read Full Review