Petty Magic by Camille DeAngelis ppt

[...]... face and saw the recognition in it He knew me, too I came of age that day in more ways than one To purchase a copy of Petty Magic visit one of these online retailers: file:///T|/Lyman_Emily/Retailer%20Pages /Petty% 2 0magic% 20buyonline.html[10/8/2010 3:37:57 PM] Petty Magic By Camille DeAngelis ReadING GROUP Guide ABOUT THIS GUIDE In order to provide reading groups with the most informed and thought-provoking... parts of her relationship with Justin? Has she grown up at all? For more information, visit www.CamilleDeAngelis.com A Crown Publishers Hardcover and eBook Now available wherever books are sold Reading group guide for Petty Magic by Camille DeAngelis Copyright ©2010 by Crown Publishing Group Distributed by permission of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc All rights reserved... something seemingly innocuous that sets him off: he might overhear another bizarre bedtime story, this one populated by sewer goblins, gnomes who live on a golf-course periphery, DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 16 8/12/10 2:02 PM Page 16 Camille DeAngelis good-natured witches who use magic to scour the stove and take out the garbage Those stories about Baba Yaga and her yardful of bones were vile enough,... she is no ordinary girl—no matter how fervently she might long 14 DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 8/12/10 2:02 PM Petty Magic Page 15 15 to be—and for now, her only ambition is to keep a cozy home for a happy husband But things are too perfect, you see, and her man becomes distracted by vague suspicions The house is always immaculate, his dinners delicious and served on time with a smile, yet his...DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 8/12/10 2:02 PM Page 9 Petty Magic 9 heavier man drumming his fingers on the glass I can tell by the tone of his voice and the tattered Macy’s bag that he’s come to make a return Make an attempt, that is “Hello, Evelyn,” says Harry Ibis in his usual placid tone,... some DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 8/12/10 2:02 PM Petty Magic Page 17 17 such And there are, of course, those stories of husbands falling in alarmingly quick succession, like dominoes, and a frequently widowed woman growing in wealth and vitality with each fresh loss Dame Alice, the Irish sorceress, was the most infamous practitioner of such dark magic, but her power went unchecked only because her... handbag, open it DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 8/12/10 2:02 PM Petty Magic Page 11 11 on the counter, and click my pen Mr Vandersmith gapes at me Harry is relieved, though he’d never admit it A few moments later I follow the man out onto the sidewalk, where Fawkes is grousing about the myriad inadequacies of Medicare Part D to two passersby too young to care I touch Mr Vandersmith lightly on the elbow... have not finished reading Petty Magic, we respectfully suggest that you may want to wait before reviewing this guide DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1 Eve’s sister Helena is the head of both the Harbinger family and the Blackabbey coven, and in general, women dominate all aspects of life In what ways is Eve’s world an ideal feminist society and in what ways are bel dames shortchanged by the relative unimpor... through the ceiling by now.” Hmmm The prospect of a little summertime fling isn’t exactly disagreeable, now, is it? So I ask Harry what he’ll get up to once he commences this socalled semi-retirement—fly-fishing, tai chi, might even have a go at writing his memoirs—but it’s his nephew I really want to hear about DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 12 8/12/10 2:02 PM Page 12 Camille DeAngelis What’s he... looked into a snow globe, but she was afraid to, as any loving wife would be We had only one photograph of him, a family portrait taken the DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp: 18 8/12/10 2:02 PM Page 18 Camille DeAngelis day of his departure—my mother holding me in swaddling, Morven in his lap, and Helena standing with her tiny hand on his knee—and I spent so many hours staring at that daguerreotype on the . Cataloging-in-Publication Data DeAngelis, Camille. Petty magic: being the memoirs and confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, temptress and troublemaker / Camille DeAngelis. —1st ed. p. cm. 1. Older. or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2010 by Camille Marjorie DeAngelis All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing. us as sibyls or seraphs: fearsome, oh yes, but more or less benevolent. I may use magic to retrieve my youth, but when these boys climb into bed with me, they do so unenchanted. Petty Magic 3 DeAn_9780307454232_3p_all_r7.qxp:.