PETTY MAGIC Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker

Narrator Kelley Hazen inhabits 149-year-old Evelyn Harbinger, beldame (good witch), as she nightly "sheds" her elderly body in order to attract handsome, young men. Author Camille DeAngelis creates a realistic underworld in modern Manhattan and WWII Europe, where Evelyn worked for the Resistance. Hazen skillfully captures changes in speech and accent with the shifts in time and locale. She zestfully describes the luscious food, irresistible homes and clothing, and holidays of the witches, including their warrens, in this fairy tale for adults. Things turn serious when Evelyn encounters a young man similar to her lost love. Could he be her beloved Jonah? Audio is the ideal format for this rich story. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2014]