Seventh Heaven Paperback - 2003
by Alice Hoffman
In the late 1950s, when Nora Silk moves into Hemlock street, the neighbors are shocked by her Toreador pants and scandalous behavior. But when they get to know her, they begin to see other things in Nora--and this Long Island town will never be the same. A "New York Times" bestseller.
Summary
Nora Silk doesn’t really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women’s apprehension evolves into admiration. The men’s lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain. And everyone on this little street in 1959 Long Island seems to sense the possibilities and perils of a different kind of future when they look at Nora Silk...This extraordinary novel by the author of The River King and Local Girls takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns.
First line
LATE IN AUGUST, THREE CROWS took up residence in the chimney of the corner house on Hemlock Street.
Details
- Title Seventh Heaven
- Author Alice Hoffman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date April 1, 2003
- ISBN 9780425188484 / 0425188485
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.1 x 0.69 in (20.42 x 12.95 x 1.75 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Long Island (N.Y.), Community life
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
“Part American Graffiti, part early Updike, Seventh Heaven simultaneously chronicles the coming of age of a group of teenagers in a Long Island town, and the gradual dissolution of their parents’ repressed, middle-class world...A parable about changing times and changing values.”—The New York Times
“A consummate joy...magical.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Before you know it, you're half in love with the ordinary people who inhabit this book; you're seduced by their susceptibility to the remarkable.”—The New Yorker
“Seamless storytelling...vivid characters…a lively pace and plenty of surprises.”—USA Today
“Powerful...sparkling...Seventh Heaven is a major accomplishment.”—The Boston Globe
“Stirring, stunning...by far [her] best book.”—Time
“Brilliant and astonishing...Suffused with magic. If ever a book deserved to be called ‘haunting,’ this is it. In every sense of the word.”—Cosmopolitan
“Terrific...Seventh Heaven is one of those rare novels so abundant with life it seems to overflow its own pages...Her storytelling gifts are those of a master.”—Newsweek
“Beautifully told.”—People
“Literary magic...A beautiful, deceptively simple story about ordinary life in an ordinary housing development nestled beside the Southern State Parkway...Hoffman breaks down the barriers of time, distance, and reticence. She takes us inside the houses of Hemlock Street and shows us how our ordinary neighbors—like ouselves—are both unique and universal, and worthy of love.”—Newsday
“In the full flowering of her extraordinary talent, Hoffman has produced a wise, poignant and uplifting novel luminous with the sensitive evocation of ordinary lives...As usual she tells more than a compulsively readable story. She does magic, she unsettles you and she leaves you feeling emotionally purged and satisfied.”—Publishers Weekly
“Touching and evocative...Reading it can quickly transport you to Cloud Nine.”—The Houston Post
“[A] deft blend of magical realism and sociological truth.”—Chicago Tribune
“Spellbinding.”—Boston Sunday Herald
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