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Paige Winterbourne is a witch. Not that you'd notice - no warts, no green skin, no cute little wiggle of the nose whenever she casts a spell. No, most of the time she's just a normal 23-year-old girl; works too hard, worries about her weight, wonders if she'll ever find a boyfriend. Okay, so she does have an adopted teenage daughter, Savannah, who wants to raise her black witch of a mother from the dead. And who is being stalked by a telekinetic half-demon and an all-powerful cabal of sorcerers. But other than that, Paige has a really ordinary life. That is, until the neighbours find out who she is, and all hell breaks loose. Literally...
| ISBN | 1841493236 | | Pages | 480 | | ISBN13 | 9781841493237
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 244 | | Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Orbit | | Series title | Women of the Otherworld | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780751534566 | | Publication date | 19 Feb 2004 | | Height (mm) | 177 | | Library of Congress | PR9199.4 | | Width (mm) | 109 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Spine width (mm) | 31 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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On the surface, Dime Store Magic hinges on a common domestic situation. Typically rebellious teen Savannah is constantly butting heads with protective guardian mother Paige Winterbourne. But the standard teen traumas pale in comparison to Savannah's difficulties. To begin with, her mother Eve, a black witch, was murdered, and now evil telekinetic half-demon Leah O'Donnell is trying to gain custody of her, by means fair or foul. Standing in Leah's way is Paige, a rather typical twentysomething entrepreneur, trying to come to terms with this motherhood thing--that, and her status as leader of the American Coven. Welcome to East Falls, a sleepy small town outside Boston that turns out to be a hotbed of occult activity. Dime Store Magic is a thoroughly entertaining supernatural thriller. Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dime Store Magic features a contemporary setting and outwardly normal characters. This device provides scope for humour and social satire, and Kelley Armst #NAME? 'As dry and punchy as a detective novel ... it's a great read' SFX  Be the first to write a customer review
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