Skylight Confessions

On the night that Arlyn Singer's father dies, she is certain her destiny will find her. Some hours later a young man shows up at her door. Lost in a strange town, John Moody is an architectural student, serious, reserved, and deliberate. And he has no inkling that the tall, red-haired girl whom he has asked for directions will haunt him for the rest of his life.

John Moody takes Arlyn to live in a house made of glass, the Glass Slipper. Her life there is not the romantic destiny she envisaged. She dreams of escape for herself and her children, Sam and Blanca, but her eventual escape, too, is not the one she dreamed of...

Years later, Arlyn is gone, and Meredith Weiss arrives at the Moody house. Sam, now a teenager, is careening down a path of drug-fuelled self-destruction, while John Moody is tormented by visions of a red-haired woman in white. Meredith sets out to try to save this troubled family. But will her devotion be enough to pull them back from the fate they seem to have chosen for themselves?

Glass breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules and have their own secrets. Told with Alice Hoffman's signature grace and originality, SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS is a shimmering, powerful story of passion, heartbreak and families.

A compelling new novel about three generations of a family haunted by an obsessive love, from the author of PRACTICAL MAGIC and HERE ON EARTH.

Alice Hoffman is a favourite of Hollywood. All her books have been bought outright, two by Robert Redford. 'Practical Magic' starred Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. 'The River King' starred Edward Burns. 'Blue Diary' has been optioned by CBS, and 'The Probably Future' has been optioned by Lydia Dean Pilcher, producer of 'Vanity Fair' with Reese Witherspoon.

ALICE HOFFMAN is the bestselling author of eighteen acclaimed novels, including THE ICE QUEEN, PRACTICAL MAGIC, HERE ON EARTH, THE RIVER KING, BLUE DIARY, ILLUMINATION NIGHT, TURTLE MOON, SEVENTH HEAVEN, and AT RISK. She lives in Massachusetts.

Skylight Confessions
Random House Australia
Author: Alice Hoffman
ISBN: 9780701178994 / 070117899X
RRP: $29.95


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