White Horses - by Alice Hoffman (Paperback)

About the Book

When Teresa was a little girl, she dreamed of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses who would sweep her away. As an adult, she begins to understand that fairy tales don't always come true.

Book Synopsis

The acclaimed author of The Rules of Magic presents a "sexually charged...almost hypnotic"(Publishers Weekly) novel about men, women, romance, and real life.

When Teresa was a little girl, she went to sleep with dreams in her head--dreams of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses who would sweep her away. Then men her mother told her about were a special breed, and someday, Teresa vowed, she would fins one of her own. But now, as the adult Teresa negotiates life and love, she begins to understand that fairy tales don't always come true--and that passion isn't always the stuff of dreams...

From the Back Cover

The acclaimed author of such New York Times bestsellers as Here on Earth and Turtle Moon presents a "sexually charged...almost hypnotic" novel (Publishers Weekly) about men, women, romance, and real life. When Teresa was a little girl, she went to sleep with dreams in her head -- dreams of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses who would sweep her away. The men her mother told her about were a special breed, and someday, Teresa vowed, she would find one of her own. But now, as the adult Teresa negotiates life and love, she begins to understand that fairy tales don't always come true -- and that passion isn't always the stuff of dreams. With this thought-provoking, powerful story, Alice Hoffman once again reveals herself as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today).

Review Quotes

Praise for White Horses

"White Horses will reverberate in readers' imaginations for a long time."--The San Francisco Chronicle

"Haunting...Alice Hoffman is a daring and able writer."--The New Yorker

Full of wonderful moemnts."--People

"Mysterious and believable."--The New York Times

About the Author

Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Invisible Hour, The World That We Knew, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic (A Reese's Book Club pick), Magic Lessons, The Book of Magic, Here on Earth (An Oprah's Book Club pick), and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.