The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic: A Novel

€œIf Hermione Granger had been an American who never received an invitation to Hogwarts, this might have been her story.€ €"People

Earning comparisons to wildly popular fantasy novels by Deborah Harkness and Lev Grossman, Emily Croy Barker€s enchanting debut offers an intelligent escape into a richly imagined world. And with an appealing female protagonist, cinematic storytelling, wry humor, and wonderfully clever literary references, The Thinking Woman€s Guide to Real Magic is sure to capture the imaginations of readers everywhere.

During a miserable weekend at a friend€s wedding, eager to forget about her disastrous breakup and stalled dissertation, Nora Fischer wanders off and somehow finds herself in another realm. There, she meets glamorous Ilissa€"who introduces Nora to a decadent new world€"and her gorgeous son Raclin. But when the elegant veneer of this dreamland shatters, Nora finds herself in a fairy tale gone incredibly wrong. And the only way she can survive is by learning real magic herself.