From amazon.com:
Book Description
More than three decades after the events
described in The Witches of
Eastwick, Alexandra, Jane, and
Sukie—widowed, aging, and with their occult powers fading—return for the summer
to the Rhode Island town where they once made piquant scandal and sometimes
deadly mischief. But what was then a center of license and liberation is now a
“haven of wholesomeness” populated by hockey moms and househusbands primly
rebelling against their absent, reckless, self-involved parents. With spirits
still free but energy waning, the three women reconstitute their coven to
confront not only this youthful counterspell of propriety but also the enmity of
those longtime townsfolk who, through their youthful witchery, they irreparably
harmed. In this wise and wicked satire on the way we make peace with our pasts,
John Updike proves himself a wizard on every page.
Leona's Review:
I found this book at my local library. I actually
needed an author that last name began with U so I chose this one.
I have not read the first book or seen the movie;
it happened to be on TV as I was reading the book but to be honest, it did not
hold my attention so I did not watch all of it.
The book was about three ageing women/ witches
trying to go back to Eastwick. Things have changed as one finds when they
return to the past.
The book was OK and maybe because I am in my
70s, it was somewhat a little depressing. I did like
the characters.
I felt there were too many happenings in the book
but I did enjoy the travels and descriptions. I never got to Egypt but have been
to China to see the Great Wall and Terra Cotta Warriors.
I will give it a 3 star for my rating.
Leona Olson
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