<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A lonely outsider determinedly tries to become the "property of" a local gang's brooding leader--but she discovers what can and cannot be possessed and what can happen when you hand your heart over to a man who claims to care nothing about love.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The acclaimed first novel by Alice Hoffman, a marvelous writer with a painter's eye (<i>Washington Post Book World), </i> <i>Property Of</i> is about a young girl fearlessly in love with a gang leader but afraid of losing herself in his world.</b> <p/>When it was first published in 1977, <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> described <i>Property Of</i> as that precious commodity, the first novel of great promise. <p/>In telling the story of a young outsider who is obsessed with her gang-leader lover but unwilling to commit to becoming one of the Property of the Orphans--the tough girls who belong to the boys on the avenue--Alice Hoffman explores hard truths about how difficult it is to love another, and yet how much more difficult it is to pull away.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Like Anne Tyler, Hoffman spins a story enchantingly, with the undeniable force and vividness of a dream." --<i>Ms.</i> <p/>"She is a born storyteller." --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <p/>"A reader is in good hands with Alice Hoffman, able to count on many pleasures. She is one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists." --Jane Smiley<i>, USA Today</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Alice Hoffman</b> has published more than two dozen works of fiction, including <i>Property Of</i>, <i>Here on Earth</i>, <i>The Ice Queen</i>, <i>The Dovekeepers</i>, and <i>The Third Angel</i>. Her novel <i>Practical Magic</i> was adapted into the 1998 film of the same name, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.