{"product_id":"lessons-in-magic-and-disaster-hardcover","title":"Lessons in Magic and Disaster - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Jane Anders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own \u003ci\u003eAll the Birds in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel full of love, disaster, and magic. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA young witch teaches her mother how to do magic--with very unexpected results--in this relatable, resonant novel about family, identity, and the power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJamie is the average New England academic in-training--she has a strong queer relationship, generational trauma, and an esoteric dissertation proposal. But she has one extraordinary secret: she's also a powerful witch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSerena, Jamie's mother, has been hiding from the world in an old one-room schoolhouse for several years, grieving the death of her wife and the simultaneous explosion in her professional life. All she has left are memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamie's busy digging into a three-hundred-year-old magical book, but she still finds time to teach Serena to cast spells and help her come out of her shell. But Jamie doesn't know the whole story of what happened to her mom years ago, and those secrets are leading Serena down a destructive path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow it's up to this grad student and literature nerd to understand the secrets behind this mysterious novel from 1749, unearth a long-buried scandal hinted therein, and learn the true nature of magic, before her mother ruins both of their lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Jane Anders is the author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Magic and Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eAll the Birds in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe City in the Middle of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e and the young-adult Unstoppable trilogy. She's also the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eEven Greater Mistakes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNever Say You Can't Survive\u003c\/i\u003e, a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times. She's won the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, Lambda Literary, Crawford and Locus Awards. She co-created Escapade, a transgender superhero, for Marvel Comics and wrote her into the long-running \u003ci\u003eNew Mutants\u003c\/i\u003e comic. And she's currently the science fiction and fantasy book reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. With Annalee Newitz, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9.4 x 6.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46054471401516,"sku":"9781250867322","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/RVygvDEhD-9781250867322.webp?v=1787885424","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/lessons-in-magic-and-disaster-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}